about midnight
Paul , despite his work at the oar , shivered a little . `` She 'll be here in a minute , '' said Tom Ross . `` Be shore you fellers keep your powder dry . '' It was about midnight , and they were advancing rapidly toward the pass . They saw by the flashes of lightning that the cliffs were rising and the river narrowing . `` The hills on both sides here are jest covered with warriors , '' said Jim Hart . `` Thar may be a million uv 'em , '' said Shif ` less Sol , `` but in the rain an ' a black night they ca n't shoot straight . ''