midnight
There 's only one thin sheet to keep me from it . `` But , '' sez I , spruntin ' up , `` if you talk in that way any more to me I 'll holler to Miss Plank ! `` Pardner or no pardner , I hai n't a-goin ' to be imposed upon this time of night ! '' Sez I , `` I should be ashamed if I wuz in your place , the father and grandfather of a family , and the deacon in a meetin ' - house , to be up at midnight a-posin ' for statutes and actin ' . '' `` But , '' sez he , `` I did n't know but they would want to sculp me while I wuz here in Chicago , and I thought I 'd git a attitude all ready . You never know what may happen , and it 's always well to be prepared , and attitudes are dretful hard to catch onto at a minute 's notice . '' Sez I , `` Do you come back to bed , Josiah Allen .