midnight
The two fellows laughed scornfully . ` Do n't think to come that gammon over us , ' said they . ` A minister indeed ! -- and picked up blind drunk in the street at midnight ! ' ` But I have money about me , and will pay you well , ' said the Doctor . The man who had struck him with the club , knowing that he had no money , affected to be indignant at this attempt to ` bribe an officer , ' and refused to release him . Oh , hapless fate !