midnight
You shall have the necklace if it can be found in yonder earth , chance what may to the searcher . Nay , no more words . Steinar will lead you home ; I must talk of this matter with Freydisa . '' It was midnight , I know not on what day , since all these things come back to me in vivid scenes , as flashes of lightning show a landscape , but are separated from each other by dense darkness . Freydisa and I stood by the Wanderer 's grave , and at our feet lay digging tools , two lamps , and tinder to light them . We were setting about our grim task at dead of night , for fear lest the priests should stay us . Also , I did not wish the people to know that I had done this thing .