about
midnight
`` To the left of this building a very large apiary supported on beams , arranged like a balcony , formed a projection above the valley . `` You may easily believe that without the loss of a moment I set off bounding through the heather to seek for shelter from the coming storm , and well it was I lost no time , for I had hardly laid my hand on the handle of the door before the hurricane burst furiously overhead ; every gust of wind seemed about to carry the cottage bodily away ; but its foundations were strong , and the security of the good people within , by the warmth of their reception , completely reassured me about the probability of any accident . `` The cottage was inhabited by Walter Young , his wife Catherine , and little Raesel , their only daughter . `` I remained three days with them ; for the wind , which went down about midnight , had so filled the valley of Neufchatel with mist , that the mountain where I had taken refuge was completely enveloped in it ; it was impossible to walk twenty yards from the door without experiencing great difficulty in finding it again . `` Every morning these good people would say , when they saw me buckle on my knapsack -- '' ` What are you about , Mr. Hennetius ? You can not mean to go yet ; you will never arrive anywhere . In the name of Heaven stay here a little longer ! '