about midnight
`` But everything 's done for the night , '' said he . `` I 've got a few more things to think about , too . So what difference does a half hour or so make ? '' Bat got to bed at his hotel at about midnight ; but it was several hours later before he got to sleep , for the events of the night tossed and mingled in his mind in a most distracting fashion . Consequently , next day , he arose late , and when he reached the gymnasium it was almost noon . A note lay upon his desk in the office written in a well-known hand . `` I have taken the liberty of borrowing Danny , '' it read .