midnight
`` Ask me an easier one , Louis . And -- I did n't _ say _ you needed it at all , did I ? '' He sat beside her , silent , head lifted , examining the stars . `` I 'm going back on the midnight , '' he remarked , casually . `` Oh , I 'm sorry ! '' she exclaimed , with her winning frankness . `` I 'm -- there 's something I have to attend to in town -- '' `` Work ? ''