midnight
asked Stalker . `` A goodish bit . But the night is young . We might git pretty near by midnight , and then encamp so as to git an hour 's sleep before makin ' the attack . You see , redskins sleep soundest just before daybreak . '' While he was speaking the trapper coughed a good deal , and sneezed once or twice , as if he had a bad cold . `` Ca n't you keep your throat and nose quieter ? ''