midnight
The four who were going north went down to the low tube level . It was nearly the last train . The station was half deserted , half rowdy , several fellows were drunk , shouting and crowing . Down there in the bowels of London , after midnight , everything seemed horrible and unnatural . `` How I hate this London , '' said Tanny . She was half Norwegian , and had spent a large part of her life in Norway , before she married Lilly . `` Yes , so do I , '' said Josephine .