midnight
`` It was curious to watch the man of the world struggling with the primitive man . '' ` But , baron , ' said I , ` I do not at all see the fun of sticking at home like this . You know my passion for witnessing everything new , strange , and outlandish . You will surely not refuse me such an opportunity for observation as a midnight wolf raid . I will do my best not to be in the way if you will take me with you . ' `` At first it seemed as if he had some difficulty in realizing the drift of my words , he was so engrossed by some inner thought . But as I repeated them , he gave vent to a loud cachinnation . ''