midnight
Ham , with the lantern in his hand , passed through the entry into the shop . I lighted a lamp in the kitchen , and went up to my room , which was in the L over the store . I took off my wet clothes , put on a dry shirt , and got into bed . Though it was after midnight , I could not at once go to sleep . I could not help thinking of the stirring events of the evening , for never before had so much happened to me in so brief a period . I was beginning to gape fearfully , and to lose myself , when the whinings of Bully at the side door disturbed me . My canine friend usually slept in the barn ; but he appeared to have been out late , like the rest of us , and had been locked out .