midnight
`` Ai n't going to throw up your tail , are you ? '' `` I ca n't get along without her . '' Thomas was plainly in the depths ; he turned away and stared moodily out into the dim-lit street . It was midnight , but already the days were shortening , already there was an hour or two of dusk between the evening and the morning light . `` Of course you ca n't get along without her , '' the ex-bandit agreed . `` I seen that when I looked at her picture . Why do n't you bring her in ? ''