midnight
ejaculated I ; `` for I can not possibly overtake them . Here am I , on the ` long level , ' at midnight , with the comfortable prospect of a walk to Syracuse , where my baggage will be left . And now to find a house or shed wherein to pass the night . '' So thinking aloud , I took a flambeau from the old tree , burning , but consuming not , to light my steps withal , and , like a jack-o ' - the-lantern , set out on my midnight tour .