midnight
`` The strength of the modern world rests on the modern home . That did not come of rich mines or fields , but of the sovereign genius of the men of northern Europe ; and the glory was worked out amid poverty , hardships and sorrows . '' But the voyage was over at last , and the two miners hastened to take the train for the home of Browning in Devonshire . They arrived at the village at midnight and went to a hotel , or , as Sedgwick said : `` This , Jack , is han Hinglish Hinn , is it ? '' Next day was Sunday and Browning was up early . He said to Sedgwick : `` Wait until I go and prospect the croppings about here a little . It is a good while since I was on this lead , and I want to see how it has been worked since I went away . ''