midnight
I wondered , but only for a second . `` What are you going there for , Ben ? '' `` Ca n't you imagine , Jim ? '' I asked , having that midnight journey in mind that he might have taken with the man Collins , or his representatives , the night I was at the hotel . But I could not understand how he could have had time to make the trip . `` Never was up this way in my life , '' he answered , `` and do n't see where it comes in now , hanged if I do . '' `` Well , it 's a little notion of mine , '' I assured him .