midnight
was the rasping reply . `` Only make him tell the truth ! He might put the crime on the wrong shoulders . '' It was long after midnight now , and the storm had died out . Save for an occasional dash of rain and an infrequent roll of electricity over the mountains , the night was normal , and here and there a star crept out to meet the coming dawn . `` I was in the Cameron building that night , '' Big Bob said , glancing painfully in the direction of the night watchman . `` I saw him there ! ''