twelve o'clock at night
`` Yes , you can ; from the little alley that goes along at the back . '' He had n't thought of the alley . Nobody ever passed that way after dark ; it ended in a blind wall . `` What were you doing there at twelve o'clock at night ? '' He looked for signs of shame and confusion on Maggie 's face . But Maggie 's face was one flame of joy . Her eyes were candid .