midnight
And all next day , I know not why , the street-boys called me a _ Goy _ -LRB- heathen -RRB- and a fox -- ` Goy-Fox , Goy-Fox ! ' -- and they let off fireworks in my face . So I had to wander in the woods around , keeping within the Sabbath radius , and when the three stars appeared in the sky I started for Brighton . But so footsore was I , I came there only at midnight , and could not search . And I sat down on a bench ; it was very cold , but I was so tired . But the policeman came and drove me away -- he was God 's messenger , for I should perchance have died -- and a drunken female with a painted face told him to let me be , and gave me a shilling . How could I refuse ?