midnight
repeated Major Campbell in pardonable bewilderment . `` How old do I look -- five perhaps ? '' Mollie blushed , and the boys giggled . `` Look here , '' said Dick , `` if we stand here till midnight discussing Major Campbell 's age we wo n't get home to tea , and then Aunt Mary will send out a search party , and we 'll look pretty asinine . Long John 's getting baity , he 'll bolt in a minute . Take the reins , Mollie . Do n't eat all the strawberries , and tell Aunt Mary that cherry jam is my fancy .