midnight
The brand that credits the dead with all power , and limits the living with a very flexible and convenient practical faith . The two work together beautifully , of course , for what we ca n't understand we must put down to faith , and what we want to believe we are inspired to by our friends on the other side . Dovetails perfectly , sort of a fidele de convenance . Well , Maudie , you may tell the babes that we juniors , their natural guardians , will take care of his ghostship if possible this very night ; if not tonight then tomorrow at M. I suppose midnight is the time of clangs and rattles ? '' `` Yes , the girls say it is always midnight . And I just want to say , Jane , that the big country girl , Shirley Duncan , is the only one not terrified . But I suppose country girls are accustomed to wild things . ''