midnight
Then they talked into the early dawn before any promising mode of presenting Chris to her mother occurred to them . At breakfast Will followed a suggestion of Phoebe 's , and sensibly lessened the shock of his announcement . `` A ` mazin ' wonnerful dream I had last night , '' he began abruptly . `` I thought I was roused long arter midnight by a gert knocking , an ' I went down house an ' found a woman at the door . ` Who be you ? ' I sez . ` Why , I be Chris , brother Will , ' she speaks back , ` Chris , come home-along to mother an ' you . '