About midnight
`` You 're a better Christian than I am . I 'd have let him go hungry . '' Both Joe and the miner were weary and they soon retired , but not to uninterrupted slumber . About midnight they were disturbed , as the next chapter will show . When Hogan left Joe 's presence he was far from feeling as grateful as he ought for the kindness with which our hero had treated him . Instead of feeling thankful for the bountiful supper , he was angry because Joe had not permitted him to remain through the night . Had he obtained this favor , he would have resented the refusal to take him into partnership .