midnight
They had passed no spring on the way out . She was too thoroughly country-bred not to have taken note of running water instinctively , as animals do . `` Lost ! '' she whispered to herself ; lost in wild country , between midnight and dawn , with a wounded man on her hands and -- no stockings on ! The choking giggle she gave was more than half hysteria . Then , without a word , Channing pitched forward on his face . That steadied her .