midnight
But every street and alley had to be kept under constant surveillance to drive out the angry , desperate men who were trying to get something to hang onto before everything collapsed . He saw stores being broken into , beyond his beat ; and brawls as one drunken , crazed crowd met another . But he kept to his own territory , knowing that there was nothing he could do beyond it . By midnight , as Izzy had promised , the people had begun to quiet down , however . The anger and hysteria were giving way to a sullen , beaten hopelessness . Honest Izzy finally seemed satisfied to turn things over to the regular night men . Gordon waited around a while longer , but finally headed back to Mother Corey 's place .