midnight
`` Home ! Now , that is something of which I have a much keener recollection ! '' cried Greg , his eyes moistening . `` Dick , I 'm afraid that , if there were a train earlier than midnight , even the big town would n't detain me . '' `` But there is n't an earlier train , Greg , and there are no taps or sub-division inspectors tonight . What shall we do ? '' `` First of all , then , '' proposed Greg gleefully , `` let us see if there is a place in New York where they know the meaning of the big feed . ''