midnight
Hell ! '' I and Porcupine had to waylay them on their return . But we knew no more than the man in the moon when they would come out . Porcupine went down to the hotel office , notifying them to the probability of our going out at midnight , and requesting them to leave the door unfastened so we could get out anytime . As I think about it now , it is wonderful how the hotel people complied with our request . In most cases , we would have been taken for burglars . It was trying to wait for the coming of Red Shirt , but it was still more trying to wait for his coming out again .