midnight
Some papers called him `` Hero '' Plank for awhile , but soon tired of it or forgot it under the stress of the increasing heat . Besides Plank scarcely noticed what the press said of him . He was too busy ; his days were full days , brimming over deep into the night . Brokers , lawyers , sycophants , tipsters , treacherous ex-employés of Quarrier , detectives , up-State petty officials , lobbyists from Albany , newspaper men , men from Wall Street , Broad Street , Mulberry Street , Forty-second Street -- all these he saw in units , relays , regiments -- either at his offices or after dinner -- and sometimes after midnight in his own house . And these were only a few , picked from the interested or disinterested thousands who besieged him with advice , importunity , threats , and attempted blackmail . And he handled them all in turn , stolidly but with decision . His obstinate under lip protruded further and further with rare recessions ; his heavy head was like the lowered head of a bull .