midnight
He looked about him . The night was dark save for street lamps , and there were none reflecting just where he stood . There was a revel going on down in the rum-cellar , but he was out of the range of their lights ; elsewhere it was quiet enough . It was quite midnight now , and that end of the city was in comparative silence . What did Tode mean to do next ? and why was he peering about so stealthily to see if any human eye was on him ? Surely with so recent a lesson fresh in mind , he had not already forgotten the All-seeing Eye ?