about midnight
Could give whoever made it a few points myself . Excuse me , ladies , I hardly know what I am saying . Yes , thank you , I see the step . I 'll come back about midnight . '' The old yards up and down the old street were much trampled , shrubbery broken , fences down , the street thick dust , and still strewn with accoutrements that had been thrown away , with here and there a broken wagon . Street and pavement , there was passing and repassing -- the life of the rear of an army , and the faring to and fro on many errands of the people of the relieved town . There were the hospitals and there were the wounded in private houses .