nearly midnight
Now . Zeb , you know de res ' ! '' `` Oh , come , this wo n't do at all , '' said Mr. Vosburgh , as Zeb was about to continue the story . `` It 's nearly midnight now . Marian , dear , your cheeks and eyes look as if you had a fever . Let us wait and hear the rest of the story in the morning , or you 'll be ill , your mother will have a headache , and I shall be unfit for my work to-morrow . '' `` Papa , papa , in pity do n't stop them till we know all .