midnight
I see no essential difference , at least . The main thing is , that I am in want of teaching , as much as any of them . And , if she stands on circumstances , I am a working-man as much as any of them -- perhaps more than most of them . Few of them work after midnight , I should think , as I do , not unfrequently . '' `` Still , all admitted , I should hardly like '' -- `` I did n't mean you were to take me without asking her , '' he said : `` I should never have dreamed of that . '' `` And if I were to ask her , I am certain she would refuse . But , '' I added , thinking over the matter a little , `` I will take you without asking her .