midnight
It is to a friend I met on the boat ! '' `` Yes , '' said Henry ; `` one meets so many nice people on the boat . '' `` Sometimes , '' she answered , as she turned to her work . That night we slept like logs until after midnight ; then the moon rose , and the hospital began to come to life . The stir and murmur of the place wakened us . And we realized what a moonlight night means in a hospital near the front line . It means terror .