midnight
He had spent the past three nights in the open , but to-night -- to-night was cruelly wet . He questioned with himself what he should do . In his pocket was that which might procure a night 's lodging or a meagre supper ; but it would not supply both . He had to decide between the two , unless he elected to go on playing till midnight in the drenching rain on the chance of augmenting his scanty store . Though it was June , he was chilled to the bone . In the intervals between his flute-playing his teeth chattered . He looked horribly ill , but no one had noticed that .