midnight
One day , in Canal Street , Kincaid met `` Smellemout and Ketchem . '' It was pleasant to talk with men of such tranquil speech . He proposed a glass of wine , but just then they were `` strictly temperance . '' They alluded familiarly to his and Greenleaf 's midnight adventure . The two bull-drivers , they said , were still unapprehended . Dropping to trifles they mentioned a knife , a rather glittering gewgaw , which , as evidence , ought -- `` Oh , that one ! '' said Hilary .