midnight
Sho ' ` bliged fo ' de knowledge concernin ' de ten-dollah job . Soon as I ` cumulates some payday me an ' Lily meets you heah nex ' Sat ` day night . Den us ` vests wid de Soopreem Leadeh an ' mebbe has a gran ' ruckus wid de profits . '' That night the Wildcat slept free and chilly on a park bench , covered only with the blanket of fog which rolled in at midnight . Shortly after dawn , with Lily at his heels , he walked to the entrance of the pier against which lay a cargo ship loading for a famine area in Europe . `` Whah at is de man whut hires de han 's ? '' he asked .