about midnight
`` Its a deal ! If you do n't come , I 'll -- '' `` Kick me when I do come . Time we were off home , fatty . '' Just about midnight , as Gerrard lay on his bed reading , he heard a low sound of sobbing from little Mary 's room , which adjourned his own . He rose quietly , stepped to her door , and gently opened it . The child was in her nightdress , leaning out of the window , with her hands outstretched to the night . `` Oh Jim , Jim , dear Jim !