midnight
Interest ceased to be perfunctory and became genuine . This was more fun than doctrine , after all . Who would n't be gratified at the chance of meeting an astral body -- at least in a crowd ? Alone , in a dark room , at midnight , it might prove less enjoyable . Presently the Hindu returned , carrying in his hand a strangely twisted retort and something that looked like a primitive brazier . `` Look , '' he said , `` let us take some simple thing . I shall destroy the body of flesh and show you the body of shadow .