midnight
Into his native village he carried the habits he had acquired or witnessed beneath the cerulean skies of Italy , or amidst the dark-eyed daughters of France . Shame followed his footsteps . Yea , although the squire despised Mr. Donaldson , his son , a youth of nineteen , became the boon companion of Jacob . They held midnight orgies together . Jacob initiated the squireling into the mysteries of Paris and Rome , of Naples and Munich , whither he was about to proceed . But I will not dwell upon their short career . Extravagance attended it , shame and tears followed it .