midnight
`` You are hungry , '' he said , as he expanded his big mouth and grinned pleasantly . Then from the roof of the cave he took down a basket containing cold baked pigeons , fish and yams . I ate greedily and soon after fell asleep . When I awoke it seemed to be daylight -- in reality it was only a little past midnight , but a full bright moon was shining into the cave . Seated near me were my host and a young woman -- the `` sweetheart '' . I recognised her at once as Sa Laea , the widow of a man killed in the fighting a few months previously . She was about five and twenty years of age , very handsome , and quiet in her demeanour .