midnight
`` Do n't talk here about what you 're going to do for the good of the town , '' Miller ordered . `` Remember , I 've got to be kept out of this . My position is a delicate one , you understand . '' Soon after midnight the disreputable army of vengeance seekers was straggling down the road . Talking had ceased . These drink-driven wretches were hunting for the camp of Dick & Co. and they were going to attack it in force . When the crowd reached the camp of the high school boys all was silent there .