midnight
There wo n't be a light in the window because I sha n't be there . I 'm going to enlist . '' Phineas put his elbows on the table and regarded him earnestly . `` I would not take too seriously words spoken in the heat of midnight revelry , even though the revel was conducted on the genteelest principles . Have you thought of the matter in the cool and sober hours of the morning ? '' `` Yes . '' `` It 's an unco ' hard life , laddie . ''