midnight
`` I rather imagine I can , '' drawled Sullivan . `` Then if there 's nothing more to be said , I move we start back to town . It must be late , '' Cronin asserted . `` It 's black enough to be midnight , '' grumbled Sullivan . `` We 'd best go directly to our houses -- I to mine and you to yours . The explosives and bombs I 'll pack into two grips . Yours I 'll hide in your back yard underneath that boat .