twelve o'clock at night
I wonder if people ever think how inconvenient it is not to have hands sometimes . '' And poor old Billy commenced to cry softly to himself . It was a good thing he did for he soon cried the cinder out and when his eye stopped hurting , he got some of his spunk back again and began to plan some way of getting out of his cage . At twelve o'clock at night they reached the city and were driven through the silent streets to a vacant lot where all the circus bands were to meet . And here I will leave Billy until next morning . -LSB- Illustration -RSB- _ What Billy Did on Friday _ When Billy 's little band of circus people joined the others they found everything in order as they were the last company of the six traveling bands to join the main one . There was one huge tent with three rings in it where the performances would be given ; opening into this was another large one where the animals were exhibited and branching out of this were three others , -- one where the horses and ponies were kept ; another used as the dressing room , and still another where the circus people took their meals , while scattered around were ten or a dozen side-shows .