twelve o'clock at night
If nature suddenly should give that beast a tail , would he not be prouder of it than all the other foxes in the wood ? '' `` Well , I suppose he would . That 's the very meaning of the story . But how moral you 've become all of a sudden at twelve o'clock at night ! Instead of being Mrs Radcliffe , I shall think you 're Mr Æsop . '' He took up the article which he had come to seek , and kissing her again on the forehead , went away to his bed-room without further speech . `` What can he mean by all this about money ? ''