midnight
He had bejewelled studs in his shirt , and yellow kid gloves on his hands ; having , of course , another pair in his pocket for the necessities of the evening . His array was quite perfect , and had stricken dismay into the heart of his friend Cheesacre , when he joined that gentleman . He was a well-made man , nearly six feet high , with dark hair , dark whiskers , and dark moustache , nearly black , but of that suspicious hue which to the observant beholder seems always to tell a tale of the hairdresser 's shop . He was handsome , too , with well-arranged features , -- but carrying , perhaps , in his nose some first symptoms of the effects of midnight amusements . Upon the whole , however , he was a nice man to look at -- for those who like to look on nice men of that kind . Cheesacre , too , had adopted something of a sailor 's garb . He had on a jacket of a rougher sort , coming down much lower than that of the captain , being much looser , and perhaps somewhat more like a garment which a possible seaman might possibly wear .