midnight
King turned to the audio controller , `` Do me a favor , Gus , but strictly unofficial . Contact everybody around us : Oakland , Squirrel Hill , Point Breeze , Lawrenceville , Bloomfield ... everybody in this end of town . Find out if they 've got one low intensity reading that 's been on for hours . If they have n't had it since before midnight , I 'm not interested . '' `` Something up ? '' the controller asked . `` Probably not , '' said the operator .