midnight
`` The pot bubbles loudest when the water 's nearest the bottom , '' he muttered , and turned to pick a fastidious way through the mud . Life that night in the gambling hell went on much as usual . Teddy Karns `` poured the rye , '' and Faro Sam `` slipped the cards , '' whilst Babe worried over Bouncing Bet 's intoxicated condition . `` It 's Allie , you know , '' Babe confided to Red Shirt Pete at midnight . `` She took it awful hard , and Spellman , the new boss , would n't let ` er off tonight . I bin tellin ' ` er Allie 's better off , but she wo n't listen to nobody . She 's just bin pourin ' 'em down all evenin ' .