midnight
They are the act of others . Read of Job , and Paul , and Joan of Arc . No , no , no , no ; I did n't say read 'em _ out _ with those stentorian lungs . I must be allowed a _ little _ sleep , a man that wastes the midnight oil , yet brushes the early dew . Good-night . '' He turned round and slept for several hours as he supposed ; but in reality he was silent for just three seconds . `` Well , '' said he , `` and is a gardener a man to be looked down upon by upstarts ?