midnight
I never heard it said , sir , that the Hamericans was as much Hirish as they be Henglish , but to me they seems to grow every day more like the wild Hirishers , of whom we used to hear so much in Lun ` un . Your honored father , sir , would never have believed that his own dwelling would be entered , at night , by men who are his very neighbors , and who act like burglariouses , as if they were so many Newgate birds -- no . Why , Mr. Hugh , this ` Squire Newcome , as they call him , is an hattorney , and has often dined here at the Nest . I have ` anded him his soup , and fish , and wine , fifty times , just as if he was a gentleman , and to his sister , Miss Hopportunity , too ; and they to come to set fire to the house , at midnight ! '' `` You do Miss Opportunity injustice , John ; for _ she _ has not had the least connection with the matter . '' `` Well , sir , nobody knows anything nowaday -- I declare , my eyes be getting weak , or there is the young lady , at this very instant ! '' `` Young lady !