midnight
`` I -- I do n't know , '' said Abner Sawyer , swallowing very hard . `` I -- I think I did . '' `` When , '' faltered Aunt Judith from the doorway , `` did you -- do it ? '' `` It must have been after midnight . I came in very quietly . The ride was long -- I went to Matsville . You must have been in bed asleep -- '' Jimsy embarked upon a handspring of celebration .