midnight
Would it be best to publish this affair on the house-tops , or to bury it in the shade , as nearly as it might be buried ? He had determined in his own mind that his friend certainly had been tipsy . In no other way could his conduct be understood . And a row with a tipsy man at midnight in the park is not , at first sight , creditable . But it could be made to have a better appearance if told by himself , than if published from other quarters . The old housekeeper at Manchester Square must know something about it , and would , of course , tell what she knew , and the loss of the money and the watch must in all probability be made known . Before he had reached his own door he had quite made up his mind that he himself would tell the story after his own fashion .