midnight
I never camped out before . I shall calmly finish this letter and pay no attention to his order . We had a farewell dinner last night , the Ormondes and one or two others . We came into this dismantled room afterwards and talked till midnight , and amused ourselves vastly . I happened to say that I was rather scared at the thought of the wild beasts I might encounter , probably under my camp-bed , in the jungle ; so a man , Captain Rawson , drew out a table for me to take with me into camp . One heave and a wriggle means a boa-constrictor , two heaves and a growl a tiger -- and so on . So you can imagine me in a tent , in the dead of night , sitting up , anxiously striking matches and consulting my table as to what is attacking me .