midnight
`` Ye 'll be goin ' home early to-night , Jawn dear , '' said Mr. Dooley to Mr. McKenna . `` And for why ? '' said that gentleman , tilting lazily back in the chair . `` Because gin ` ral ordher number wan is out , '' said Mr. Dooley , `` directin ' th ' polis to stop ivry man catched out afther midnight an ' make thim give a satisfacthry account iv thimsilves or run thim off to jail . Iv coorse , ye 'll be pinched , f ' r ye wo n't dare say where ye come fr 'm ; an ' 't is twinty-eight to wan , the odds again an Orangeman at a wake , that ye 'll not know where ye 're goin ' . '' `` Tut , tut , '' said Mr. McKenna , indifferently . `` Ye may tut-tut till ye lay an egg , '' said Mr. Dooley , severely , `` ye ol' hen ; but 't is so .