one o'clock
in the morning
The Judge , in a tone of cool indifference , says he has no fears of the renegade , and will one of these days have the pleasure of sending him to the whipping-post . `` As to that , Judge , '' interposes Mr. Snivel , `` I have already prepared the preliminaries . I gave him the trifle you desired -- to-morrow I will nail him at the Keno crib . '' With this the Judge and the Justice each take an affectionate leave of the frail girl , and , as it is now past one o'clock in the morning , an hour much profaned in Charleston , take their departure . Armed with a revolver Mullholland has taken up his position in the street , where he awaits the coming of his adversaries . In doubt and anxiety , he reflects and re-reflects , recurs to the associations of his past life , and hesitates . Such reflections only bring more vividly to his mind the wrong he feels himself the victim of , and has no power to resent except with violence .