midnight
But blame it , if I do n't think you 'd stay with it if it was in your line , which it aint . '' `` But suppose you get into difficulty . '' `` Well , '' said Ike , smiling a slow smile , `` when I want you I 'll send for you , '' and with that he passed out into the night . Till long after midnight Shock sat over the fire pondering the events of the day , and trying to make real to himself the strange series of happenings that had marked his introduction to his work in this country . His life for the last month had been so unlike anything in his past as to seem quite unnatural . As he sat thus musing over the past and planning for the future , a knock came to the door , and almost immediately there came in a little man , short and squat , with humped shoulders , bushy , grizzled hair and beard , through which peered sharp little black eyes . His head and face and eyes made one think of a little Scotch terrier .