midnight
Paddy said , real sore . `` Personally , I can take it or leave it alone . '' So we got to talking about that and everybody there turned out to be people who could take it or leave it alone . * * * * * It was maybe midnight when the kid showed at the table again , looking kind of dazed . I was drunker than I ought to be by midnight , so I said I was going for a walk . He tagged along and we wound up on a bench at Screwball Square . The soap-boxers were still going strong .