midnight
`` If we ca n't do things here , it 's only our fault . Now , then -- '' `` It is fine , '' said Gus , `` and we 're in luck , but somehow , I think we must be on our guard . I ca n't get my mind off ghosts and the damage over yonder . I 'm going to take a sneak around there to-night again , along around midnight and a little after . I did last night ; did n't tell you , for you had your mind all on this . George was on duty , challenged me , but I 've got a hunch that he knows something he does n't want to worry us about and thinks he can cope with . '' `` Hold up your hands , nigger ! ''