midnight
I not only told him I came from Myall Creek , but also named the Orphanage . ` Ah ! I 'm an orphantulatory one myself . You absquatulated , I presume ; a levantular movement at midnight -- ran away , hey ? ' I admitted it , and Mr. Perkins nodded in a pleased way , as though discovering an accomplishment in me . ` That 's what I did , too ; not from an orphanage , but from the paternal roof and shop . My father was a pedestrialatory specialist , a shoemaker , in fact , and brought me up for that profession .