midnight
`` To-morrow morning , if you like . '' They returned home . The old folks had gone to bed . She slept badly , continually aroused by all the country sounds so new to her -- the cry of the screech owl , the grunting of a pig in a sty adjoining the house , and the noise of a cock who kept on crowing from midnight . She was up and ready to start at daybreak . When George announced to his parents that he was going back they were both astonished ; then they understood the origin of his wish . The father merely said : `` Shall I see you again soon ? ''