midnight
That is what I knew you would want to know , and it was just what I wanted to know myself . So I kept my place , which was good enough , and just listened , for I could not see . `` What was his errand ? What did he want in this empty house at midnight ? Papers first , and then clothes . I heard him at his desk , I heard him in the closet , and afterward pottering in the old trunk I had been so anxious to look into myself . He must have brought the key with him , for it was no time before I heard him throwing out the contents in a wild search for something he wanted in a great hurry .