midnight
Smith gave the baby to his wife ; seeing the baby abandoned and crying from hunger . And upon seeing the unfortunate child , Miri brought it near to her milk-laden breast and let it suckle beside her own son . Having hearts of gold , they accepted the babe to their bosom as their own , and Smith called his name , Brook Scullion ; after the fashion that he had been found -- by a stream , lying in a lion 's skull . As midnight approached , they talked of their governments . Lloyd proudly explained to Brook , Dearborn and the quiet Boy , about the Democratic system of government that his people accepted from the ancient Twentieth Century . In Besten , the people found it the most suitable form of rule for a civilized people . And even though , in the beginning there was corruption and immorality , their land had eventually overcome it all and soon gleaned a people of extreme honesty and cooperation .