midnight
Perhaps I 'm foolish , '' he smiled wanly , `` but if anything should happen -- '' `` Tut ! tut ! '' Danvers put his hand on the stooping shoulders . `` I 'm going home on the midnight train , and I 'll send the old doctor up to see the lad ; or , '' with a sudden thought , `` why not wire him ? I will do it as I go to the station . '' `` Perhaps you 'd better , '' agreed Latimer . `` I wish he had remained here for the convention ; but I know he will be glad to make the trip for the sake of the boy , and the sight of his face will do me good . ''