midnight
The wise men of my nation in the city of the Almains might yet be wise ! And for an hour I rejoiced , and was glad greatly . ''' `` It was midnight , and sultry as hell . All day not a breath had stirred . The country through which I passed was level as the sea that had once flowed above it . My heart had almost ceased to beat , and I was weary as the man who is too weary to sleep outright , and labours in his dreams .