midnight
he said . He was conscious of a desire to kick something . That evening , after a bleak supper at a marble-topped restaurant table , he tried to divert himself by going to see a play ; he saw so many other things that he came out in the middle of it . `` I guess I can get all the anatomy I want in my trade , '' he told himself ; and sat down in the station to await the midnight train . It was not until the next afternoon , when he climbed into the stage at Mercer and piled his own and Martha 's bundles on the rack above him , that he really settled down to think the thing over ... . What did it mean ? The man had been willing to eat his bread ; he had shown no offence at anything ; what the deuce -- !