midnight
` Aye , ye might have said in braid Scotland , gudewife , ' added the fiddler . ` But gang your ways , Maggie , that 's the first wise word ye hae spoke the day . I wish it was dark night , and rain , and wind , for the gentleman 's sake , that I might show him there is whiles when ane had better want een than have them ; for I am as true a guide by darkness as by daylight . ' Internally as well pleased that my companion was not put to give me this last proof of his skill , I wrote a note with a pencil , desiring Samuel to bring my horses at midnight , when I thought my frolic would be wellnigh over , to the place to which the bearer should direct him , and I sent little Benjie with an apology to the worthy Quakers . As we parted in different directions , the good woman said , ` Oh , sir , if ye wad but ask Willie to tell ye ane of his tales to shorten the gate ! He can speak like ony minister frae the pu ' pit , and he might have been a minister himsell , but ' -- ` Haud your tongue , ye fule ! ' said Willie , -- ` But stay , Meg -- gie me a kiss , ne maunna part in anger , neither . '