midnight
Mott lurched out of the cab , and the driver , at Foster 's word , at once started on and neither of the boys glanced behind to see how it fared with the intoxicated sophomore . They were eager now to dispose of their classmate , and as soon as the taxi halted in front of Leland Hall they tried to arouse the slumbering freshman . At last , by dint of their united efforts , they succeeded in lifting him to the ground , and then they somehow got him up the stairway and soon had him in his bed . When their labors were ended Will exclaimed , `` It must be midnight . Surely the people could n't see who we were except when the cab passed the street lights , but I 'm afraid some of them knew then . '' `` That is n't so bad . I do n't care half so much about their seeing as I do about something else . ''