nearly midnight
Arthur Willaby can stay with you . You others come with me . Have no fears , boys ; for we have a dozen witnesses that we are in the Union Bar at this very moment . '' It was nearly midnight , and the street was deserted save for one or two revellers upon their way home . The party crossed the road , and , pushing open the door of the newspaper office , Baldwin and his men rushed in and up the stair which faced them . McMurdo and another remained below . From the room above came a shout , a cry for help , and then the sound of trampling feet and of falling chairs .