midnight
For hours they walked along . No enemy appeared ; and at length Zac concluded that they had all dispersed through the woods , at the point where they had first come upon them , and had not followed the path any farther . What had become of Claude he could not imagine , but could only hope for the best . They rested for about an hour at midnight . Then Zac carried Margot for another hour . After this , Margot insisted on walking . At length , after having thus passed the whole night , the path came to a creek .