midnight
`` I did n't say that , doc , '' she repented . `` Huh ! You meant it . Wonder how many times he 'd get up at midnight and plow through three-foot snow for six miles to see the most ungrateful , squalling little brat -- '' `` Was it me , doc ? '' she ungrammatically demanded . `` It was you , Miss Impudence . '' They had reached the door , but she held him there a moment , while she laughed delightedly and hugged him .