midnight
He merely came to Mellish 's rooms in the evening because the Stock Exchange did not keep open all night . Strange to say Ragstock was a good business man as well as a cool gambler . He bemoaned the fate that made him so rich that gambling had not the exhilarating effect on him which it would have had if he had been playing in desperation . When the clock began to chime midnight Pony Rowell took up the pack and began to shuffle . `` Now , old man , '' he said , `` I 'm going in to win . I 'm after big game to - night . '' `` Right you are . ''