midnight
The old man had a fine , thoughtful face , and only a slight bulbousness of the nose gave sign of his failing . Properly dressed , he would have looked like a professor , or doctor , or something of that kind . As it was , his air of good breeding and culture quite accounted for the name the people gave him . I should have found it impossible to imagine him in a police-cell had I not been a midnight wanderer for long . `` How did you come to learn shorthand ? '' `` My father was a solicitor in large practice , and I found I could assist him with the confidential correspondence , so I took lessons in White 's system for a year . My father said I was his right hand .