midnight
`` Do n't go , Trevor . I wish to speak to you . '' Trevor 's first thought was , perhaps naturally , that the bat was going to be brought into discussion . He was wondering helplessly how he was going to keep O'Hara and his midnight exploit out of the conversation , when the headmaster resumed . `` An unpleasant thing has happened , Trevor -- '' `` Now we 're coming to it , '' thought Trevor . `` It appears , Trevor , that a considerable amount of smoking has been going on in the school . '' Trevor breathed freely once more .