midnight
He touched the match to the pile and the flames leaped up . `` Now for our getaway , '' he cried , and the three fire-bugs ran for the window by which they had made their entrance . In the meantime a perfect fusillade of blows had been showered on the door outside . Jimsy awoke just as the last of the three midnight intruders vanished through the window . His first instinct was a hot flush of shame over the feeling that he had betrayed his trust . Then to his ears came the voice that had alarmed the Cassells and their tool . `` Roy !