midnight
Were you in Cape Town , last night ? '' `` Not a bit of it , '' Carew put in hastily , while he buried his knife-blade in the nearest pot of jam . `` My left ear can prove an alibi for him . From taps till midnight , Weldon discoursed of all the grewsome things in the human calendar . '' The smallest of the group turned himself about and peered up into Weldon 's face . `` Homesick , man ? '' he queried .