midnight
All the Hindustani they could muster between them -- and that was n't much -- failed to make the old forester understand . He smiled talked -- then smiled again . Then they all laughed together -- But that was all . Although actually on the scene of his midnight peril , Campian gave that experience no further thought . Nearly a fortnight had gone by since then , and no further alarm had occurred . Bhallu Khan had made inquiries and in the result had learned that the adjacent and then somewhat dreaded Marri tribe was innocent of the playful little event which had so nearly terminated Campian 's allotted span of joys and sorrows . The assailants were Brahuis , of a notoriously marauding clan of that tribe , located in the Khelat district .