midnight
May I live to carry the inquiry through to some good use , and to record it on another page ! '' There was no other page , and no further record . The Professor 's last scientific aspiration had not been fulfilled . `` It was past midnight , '' said the doctor , `` when I made the discovery , with which you are now acquainted . I went at once to Mr. Keller . He had fortunately not gone to bed ; and he accompanied me to the Deadhouse . Knowing the overseer 's private door , at the side of the building , I was able to rouse him with very little delay .