midnight
He unhitched his team and followed it slowly across the black furrows toward the barn . He did not go to the spelling school . Abe came at seven and said that he and Harry would have to walk to Springfield that night and get their equipment and take the stage in the morning . Abe said if they started right away they could get to the Globe tavern by midnight . In the hurry and excitement Harry forgot the spelling school . To Bim it was a tragic thing . Before he went to bed that night he wrote a letter to her .