midnight
`` When the time is come to fight , it 's not the time to cure the finger , '' said Vyesovshchikov dully . `` There will be enough breaking of our bones before we get to fighting ! '' the Little Russian put in merrily . It was already past midnight when the group began to break up . The first to go were Vyesovshchikov and the red-haired man -- which again displeased the mother . `` Hm ! How they hurry ! ''