midnight
Mrs. Flynn and Sara were greatly surprised by the early return of the merrymakers . The four waited eagerly for news . Sara would not let any of the women stir from the tent , saying that it was unsafe until they knew what had happened . At midnight Oscar returned . `` They got poor old Dad . After he left the hall , he was going past a lighted tent in the lower town when he heard sounds of a fight . He went in and found two drunken Mexicans fighting over a flask of whiskey .