midnight
`` Lucky fellow ! '' exclaimed Strahan ; and for some reason the edge of his appetite was gone . `` Yes , he IS a lucky fellow , indeed ; and so are you , '' said Merwyn , bitterly . `` I was there last evening till after midnight ; '' and he explained what had occurred , adding , `` Blauvelt trumpeted your praise , and on the night of the 3d he went inside the enemy 's picket line in search of you , at the risk of his life . ' `` Heaven bless the fellow ! Wait till I spin my yarn . I shall give him credit for the whole victory . ''