nearly midnight
But if you think the missis would like some nice oranges I 've just got a box of fine ones in that she might -- '' `` Much obliged , Cal . It 's a peach proposition right from the ring of the gong . I 'll try further . '' The time was nearly midnight as the Kid walked down the West-Side avenue . Few stores were open , and such as were practically hooted at the idea of a peach . But in her moated flat the bride confidently awaited her Persian fruit . A champion welter-weight not find a peach ?