midnight
`` Do you suppose there is any of that chowder left ? '' asked Ed Mason ; `` it 's always better warmed over . '' `` The Captain must have had his supper long ago , '' said I. `` And gone to bed , too , '' put in Mr. Daddles , -- `` say , do you know , it 's pretty late ? '' To judge by the looks of Bailey 's Harbor it might have been midnight . There was not a soul on the street , and only one or two houses had a light . `` Oh , well , they go to bed early here . '' `` Do n't want to worry the Captain .