midnight
The interest of the game supports the player . Its results are enough for justice . To compare great things with small , suppose LEVERRIER or ADAMS informing the public that from information he had received he had discovered a new planet ; or COLUMBUS informing the public of his day that from information he had received he had discovered a new continent ; so the Detectives inform it that they have discovered a new fraud or an old offender , and the process is unknown . Thus , at midnight , closed the proceedings of our curious and interesting party . But one other circumstance finally wound up the evening , after our Detective guests had left us . One of the sharpest among them , and the officer best acquainted with the Swell Mob , had his pocket picked , going home ! ` IT 'S a singler story , sir , ' said Inspector Wield , of the Detective Police , who , in company with Sergeants Dornton and Mith , paid us another twilight visit , one July evening ; ` and I 've been thinking you might like to know it .