midnight
`` I suppose so , '' growled Barry forlornly . `` Let 's shove in under the wharf a minute , Little . I want to say something to her . She 's going to the post , apparently , and here it is long past midnight . '' `` Go ahead , '' grunted Little . `` Barry , if we ever come across one single man in this goose chase that is n't wrapped in mystery , I 'll kiss him , by Hokey ! '' They drew the punt under the wharf well astern of the schooner , wondering , with all those men on board , why the _ Padang _ kept so careless a watch .