midnight
`` I thought I was on the trail an ' had made a rich strike . '' `` You are here , safe in this cabin , '' replied Keith , `` so do n't worry . '' `` What 's the time , laddie ? '' `` Almost midnight . '' `` Ah , I did n't think it was so late . But I know it ca n't be long now , fer I 'm slippin ' away fast . '' Then he looked at Constance and noticed the tears in her eyes .