midnight
Tomba go but Tomba be lost ! Please help ! '' Surprise , for the moment , held Tom and the others speechless . To be answered in English , poor and broken as it was , by a native African , was strange enough , but when this same African was found aboard the airship , in the midst of the jungle , at midnight , it almost passed the bounds of possibility . `` Tomba ! '' mused Tom , wondering where he had heard that name before . `` Tomba ? ''