midnight
`` Could n't they see better if they was to wait till daytime ? '' `` Yes . And could n't the nigger see better , too ? After midnight he 'll likely be asleep , and they can slip around through the woods and hunt up his camp fire all the better for the dark , if he 's got one . '' `` I did n't think of that . '' The woman kept looking at me pretty curious , and I did n't feel a bit comfortable . Pretty soon she says , `` What did you say your name was , honey ? ''