midnight
The men heard the cry , and ceasing their awestruck talk , looked eagerly at the fast-widening rifts in the white shroud . Ghost-like wreaths detached themselves , flitted by the ship , and then dissipated in thin air . The summer night sky with its pale stars appeared in lakes above , and below , the fog rose from the water like steam . Presently the great cliffs came out clear and terrible in the midnight dusk , and the men cried that the spell was broken . Over Estein came the greatest change . As the fog lifted , the light returned to his eye , and he turned eagerly to Grim . `` Where are we now ?