midnight
`` I did n't see him , '' said the Tailor , beginning his story afresh ; `` but I thought as I came in I heard a sort of laughing and rustling . '' `` My mother said they often heard him playing and laughing about the house , '' said the old lady . `` I told you so . '' `` Well , he sha 'n' t want for a bowl of bread-and-milk to-morrow , anyhow , '' said the Tailor , `` if I have to stick to Farmer Swede 's waistcoat till midnight . '' But the waistcoat was finished by bed-time , and the Tailor set the bread-and-milk-himself , and went to rest . `` I say , '' said Tommy , when both the boys were in bed , `` the Old Owl was right , and we must stick to it . But I 'll tell you what I do n't like , and that is Father thinking we 're idle still .