about midnight
`` Looks like old times , does n't it , Letty ? '' Then he stepped out of sight . When darkness came the wrecking crew worked on by the light of lamps , lanterns , and candles , for the inducement of double pay was potent . Along about midnight Mr. Lucky Broad , the shell-man , picked his way through the bales and bundles and , recognizing Phillips , greeted him familiarly : `` Hello , kid ! Where 's her nibs , the corn-tassel Countess ? '' `` Gone to supper . '' `` Well , she sprung you , did n't she ?