midnight
It had become impossible for any one to look at either of the little men without letting his eyes wander to their curiously expressive feet , which , like `` courtier speech , '' were expressive without revealing anything . `` I t ` ink , '' Bennietod gave out , `` dat dey 're lost Eyetalian organ-grinder monkeys , wid huming intelligence , like Bertran 's Bimi . '' `` What a suspicious child it is , '' yawned Little Cawthorne , and went to sleep again . Toward midnight he awoke , refreshed and happy , and broke into instant song : `` The daylight may do for the gay , The thoughtless , the heartless , the free , But there 's something about the moon 's ray -- '' he was chanting in perfect tonelessness , when St. George cried out . The others sprang to their feet . `` Lights ! '' said St. George , and gave the glass to Amory , his hand trembling , and very nearly snatched it back again .