midnight
To her immense relief she saw that the camp was apparently asleep . In the dim and flickering light of the dying fires she saw but a single sentry , and he was dozing upon his haunches at the opposite side of the enclosure . Keeping the tent between him and herself , she crossed between the small shelters of the native porters to the boma wall beyond . Outside , in the darkness of the tangled jungle , she could hear the roaring of lions , the laughing of hyenas , and the countless , nameless noises of the midnight jungle . For a moment she hesitated , trembling . The thought of the prowling beasts out there in the darkness was appalling . Then , with a sudden brave toss of her head , she attacked the thorny boma wall with her delicate hands .