midnight
Analysis was impossible , because he knew the transformation within himself was without a shred of reason . But it had come , and with it his imprisonment took on another form . Where before there had been thought of escape and a scheming to jail Black Roger , there filled him now an intense desire to reach the Yellowknife and the Chateau Boulain . It was after midnight when he went to bed , and he was up with the early dawn . With the first break of day the bateau men were preparing their breakfast . David was glad . He was eager for the day 's work to begin , and in that eagerness he pounded on the door and called out to Joe Clamart that he was ready for his breakfast with the rest of them , but that he wanted only hot coffee to go with what Black Roger had brought to him in the basket .