In the twilight, in the evening, In the black and dark night:
In the twilight, in the evening; night black and dense was falling [over the young man's life].
In the twilight, in the evening of the day, In the middle of the night and in the darkness.
in the early evening, at the onset of night and darkness.
He steps into shadows, as day becomes evening, into the darkness and gloom of the night.
In the dark, when it grows late, in the darkness and obscurity of the night,