midnight
I exclaimed , not a little astonished . `` He can not be found , though his father searched from six o'clock this morning till the time I left . '' `` When did his father first miss him ? '' `` It appears that Nick tended bar till after midnight . The old man was too full to sit up any longer , and he left Nick to close the bar . The captain says his son did not sleep in the house last night , and he has no idea when or where he went . '' `` Very likely he left in the first train this morning , '' I suggested , recalling all that had passed between Nick and me the day before .