about midnight
`` No , no ! '' Alaire was trembling with impatience . `` Do n't you understand ? They are over there now , and they 'll be back about midnight . If Longorio had come alone , or if he had left his men at Sangre de Cristo , everything would be all right . But those soldiers at Morales 's house will be up and awake . Why , it could n't have happened worse ! ''