midnight
Jack Witherspoon knows nothing , and I can easily placate him by making him one of the estate 's lawyers . '' The golden crown of the millionaire seemed to have descended upon his brows at last . Yet , while he slept , the enemy was awake and sowed tares ! At the Hoffman House Doctor Atwater and Witherspoon sat in conference long after the midnight chimes had sounded . When the young men separated , Atwater heartily grasped his friend 's hand . `` Poor Randall , '' he sighed . `` Fool , perhaps , even as you or I ; but thief and defaulter , no ; never .