it was close to quitting time . als voice made me jump inside , not the sort of time to be startling people . josh was amazed they were able to do it so fast . we broke out the grog that night i can tell you . although i am a serving police officer , i despise the people in whom the nation has put their trust . `` but we 're traveling in the dark , '' clay reminded him , `` and now the dark is really dark . '' 