midnight
He worked for two days , and made about a hundred in all , so there was no fear of their having to sit in the dark . Next night , while the moon was shining low over the snow-clad hills , the whole camp was alarmed by the fierce barking of Briton . The mastiff was `` wowffing '' , Veevee was `` wiffing '' , and Flossy was moaning and wagging her tail in the air . Though it was long past midnight , Briton wanted to be off out and kill something or somebody he had heard , and Veevee would also go on the war-path for fear Briton might get hurt . Almost immediately after came the most tremendous yelling the Crusoes had ever heard , and it was clear that a whole pack of foxes had invaded the island , and if Briton and Veevee had been allowed to go out , they would both have been torn to pieces . The awful din lasted for hours , with a sound now and then of fighting . Then it stopped , and all was still .