midnight
`` A word in your ear , Tom ; come along with me . I 've lost and you won enough for one night ; have n't we , eh ? '' `` Well , yes ; I 'm satisfied if you are . '' And the two hurried into the now dark and silent street , for it was long past midnight , and sober and respectable people generally had retired to their beds . `` Where are you going ? '' asked Jackson . `` Anywhere you like that we can talk without danger of being overheard . ''