midnight
He seemed to be quoting something . `` But I have n't any mother 's lips , '' sighed Miss Theodosia , `` only the kind for thumbs -- just thumbs . I 'm sorry , '' she added humbly . Curiously she experienced no surprise at this intimate turn of a conversation with a Shadow Man at midnight . `` That 's all right -- that 's all right , '' the Shadow Man assured her . `` Only thought I 'd feel a little better to prove it was done that way . Had n't any business mixing up with women 's lips and kiddies ' orbs , anyway !