midnight before
His face blazed suddenly red , and he rose to his feet , dropping the flask in his coat pocket . Walking around the fire , he tiptoed cautiously to the shadow of a tree close to the tent and stood there for many minutes listening . His eyes burned with a fiery madness when he returned to the sledge and Kazan . It was midnight before he went into his own tent . In the warmth of the fire , Kazan 's eyes slowly closed . He slumbered uneasily , and his brain was filled with troubled pictures . At times he was fighting , and his jaws snapped .