about midnight
In all that time nothing was seen of the Fogers . `` We 'll try the balloon to-morrow , '' decided Tom , as they went into camp one night after a weary day . Every one was tired enough to sleep soundly under the tents which were set up over the carts , in which beds were laid . It must have been about midnight when Tom , who felt a bit chilly -LRB- for the nights were cool in spite of the heat of the day -RRB- , got up to look at the campfire . It was almost out so he went over to throw on some more logs . As he did so he heard a noise as if something or somebody had leaped down out of a tree to the ground . A moment later , before he could toss on the sticks he had caught up , Tom was aware of two eyes of greenish brightness staring at him in the glow of the dying fire , and not ten feet away .