midnight
So if you see me here do n't think I 'm trying to beat my fare . Here 's a dollar , you may keep the change . '' `` Thanks -- ride all you like , '' said the man . At five cents a trip , with the boat stopping at midnight , there would still be a good tip in it for him . The colonel ensconced himself in a dark corner and waited . The first two trips over and back were fruitless as far as his object was concerned . But just as the Allawanda was about to pull out for her third voyage across the inlet , there came on board a woman , with a shawl so closely wrapped about her that her features were completely hidden .