midnight
`` Hardly ; they will have no idea which way we went , or how long we 'll have been gone . All Hobart will think about now will be getting out of sight himself . Once we turn off this street , we 'll be safe enough . '' It was considerably past midnight when the two men finally reached the University Club ; they had lunched at an all-night restaurant , washed and made themselves as presentable as possible , yet were hardly recognizable as they entered the Club lobby . Neither possessed a hat ; Sexton was in his shirt sleeves , while West 's coat clung to him in rags . Without waiting to explain anything to the servant in charge , except to state briefly that Sexton would be his guest for the night , the Captain hurried into the waiting elevator , and accompanied by his companion , ascended to his apartment above . The reaction from the excitement of the evening left Sexton dull and drowsy once he felt secure from any possible danger .