midnight
`` Loud applause ! '' said some one . The fire was thoroughly extinguished ; and the guardian of the night decided to remain here , being within call if another disturbance should occur at Mrs. Connelly 's . The bells rang out for midnight . A few , who had gathered at the alarm , dispersed : and every thing became quiet again , -- deadly , solemnly quiet . Jack wanted to see Maverick , so he paced back to Mrs. Connelly 's . He was trying to remember some distinctive mark of the man he had seen jump .