about midnight
What has become of that man , Burrows ? '' `` What Burrows ? '' `` Jack the Grinder , whom I hit on the back the night I made you prisoner . Do you think that you were doing well in being in my garden about midnight in company with such a fellow as that , -- one of the most notorious jailbirds in the county ? Do you know that I could have had you arrested and sent to prison at once ? '' `` I know you could n't -- do nothing of the kind . '' `` You know this , Sam , -- that I 've no wish to do it ; that nothing would give me more pain than doing it .