midnight
It 's too long to tell you now -- '' `` Your stories are never too long for me , '' said Psmith . `` Say on ! '' `` Well , it was like this . '' And Mike related the events which had led up to his midnight excursion . Psmith listened attentively . `` This , '' he said , when Mike had finished , `` confirms my frequently stated opinion that Comrade Jellicoe is one of Nature 's blitherers . So that 's why he touched us for our hard-earned , was it ? ''