about midnight
For Hallie poured forth all the history of the trial , from the time I left the court room , and I would not have stopped her had it been possible to do so . It seemed that the afternoon of the opening day a man who was a waiter at the Poodle Dog was put on the stand . This was the new witness Mr. Dingley had spoken of . He told how Mr. Rood had been at supper in the restaurant at about midnight , how Mr. Montgomery had come in with another gentleman , and gone up to the table where Rood was sitting . While he did so the other gentleman sat at a table near the door . Mr. Rood and Mr. Montgomery did not have supper together , the waiter said ; did not even drink together . They talked only for a few minutes , and he thought they were disagreeing because , though their voices were not loud , they sounded angry .