midnight
A fire began to burn in his eyes and the fists that were thrust into his coat pockets were clenched . Again as when he was a boy in Coal Creek he hated the people . The fine love of mankind that had its basis in a dream of mankind galvanised by some great passion into order and meaning was lost . In the restaurant after midnight trade briskened Waiters and bartenders from fashionable restaurants of the loop district began to drop in to meet friends from among the women of the town . When a woman came in she walked up to one of these young men . `` What kind of a night have you had ? '' they asked each other .