midnight
It was honorable braggadocio , and despite the fact that he had found his limitations and was pressing desperately against them , he ran gamely on . A crowd filled the Tivoli -- the old crowd that had seen Daylight depart two months before ; for this was the night of the sixtieth day , and opinion was divided as ever as to whether or not he would compass the achievement . At ten o'clock bets were still being made , though the odds rose , bet by bet , against his success . Down in her heart the Virgin believed he had failed , yet she made a bet of twenty ounces with Charley Bates , against forty ounces , that Daylight would arrive before midnight . She it was who heard the first yelps of the dogs . `` Listen ! '' she cried .