midnight
`` I wish you comfortable sleep , and long lives , effendim ! '' he said then , and swung himself out , closing the door behind him with an air of having honored us , not we him particularly . And after he had gone we were not at all sure that summary of the situation was not right . We lay awake on our cots until long after midnight , hazarding guesses about him . Whatever else he had done he had thoroughly aroused our curiosity . `` If you want my opinion that 's all he was after anyway ! '' said Will , dropping his last cigarette-end on the floor and flattening it with his slipper .