about
midnight
The driver 's only answer was a fresh application of the whip . The street up which they turned was narrow , and as it had only dwelling-houses it was not so brightly lighted as Oxford Street . There were but few foot-passengers on the sidewalk . As it was now about midnight , most of the lights were out , and the gas-lamps were the chief means of illumination . Yet there was a chance that the police might save her . With this hope she dashed her music scroll against the windows on each side of the cab and shivered them to atoms , calling at the top of her voice for help . The swift rush of the cab and the sound of a woman 's voice shouting for aid aroused the police .