nearly midnight
`` But that 's while they 're fighting . When they 're at anything like work , though , it 's a different kind of movement . Do n't walk fast , Ned , or they 'll shoot you for a gringo . '' It was nearly midnight when the supply-train , commanded by Lieutenant Grant , entered the city , and an hour was consumed in obtaining the supplies and getting them into the wagons , for not a pound of anything had been made ready for delivery . No true-hearted Mexican really wished to sell provisions to the enemies of his country . `` Lieutenant , may I go now ? '' asked Ned , as the last wagon prepared to move away .