midnight
`` What has come over my hair ? And what under the sun am I afraid of ? The idea of a man of my size looking under the bed every night for -- for something -- burglar , spook , or what I do n't know . Waking at midnight shivering with fear , walking in the broad light of day filled with terror ; by Jove ! I almost wish I was Chung Lee down in the kitchen , who goes about his business undisturbed . '' -LSB- Illustration : `` IT WAS TO BE THE EFFORT OF HIS LIFE '' -RSB- Having said this , Dawson looked about him nervously . If he had expected a dagger to be plunged into his back by an unseen foe he could not have looked around more anxiously ; and then he fled , actually fled in terror into the kitchen , where Chung Lee was preparing his dinner .