midnight
At this late hour of the night the streets that Dick traveled in his haste were bare of pedestrians . `` I wish I had had time to get Dave , '' though Prescott . `` But that would have lost at least five minutes more . And Dave was n't going to be ready to go out until he came around for me nearer midnight . '' Dick was at the head of the alley , now , an moving cautiously , eyes wide open and ears on the alert . How dark it was down in here ! Dick wondered , a moment , at the keenness of vision that had enabled some neighbor to see what was going on over in this dark place .