midnight
A shadow came along in the night and took it . This went on for many months , till at last one night the man-whose-name-doesn ` t-matter forgot to put the parcel out , and did n't think of it till he was in bed . It worried him , so that at last he had to get up and put the scraps outside . It was midnight . He felt curious to see the shadow , so he waited until it came along . It was n't his long-lost brother , but it was an old mate of his . Let us finish with a sketch : The scene was Circular Quay , outside the Messageries sheds .