midnight
`` He is only a Scarecrow , '' she said to herself , `` and I 'm not sure that his mixed brains are as clever as he thinks they are . '' But she knew that if the Scarecrow 's plan failed they were all lost ; so she tried to have faith in him . -LSB- Illustration -RSB- _ How _ THE FIERCE WARRIORS INVADED OZ -LSB- Illustration -RSB- The Nome King and his terrible allies sat at the banquet table until midnight . There was much quarreling between the Growleywogs and Phanfasms , and one of the wee-headed Whimsies got angry at General Guph and choked him until he nearly stopped breathing . Yet no one was seriously hurt , and the Nome King felt much relieved when the clock struck twelve and they all sprang up and seized their weapons . `` Aha ! ''