nearly midnight
`` I think it likely . Red Eagle , their leader , is a chief uv sense , and he 'll scatter his forces so we wo n't be able to concentrate our fire . '' They waited a long time , the wind meanwhile blowing steadily , and playing its song upon the leaves . There was no other sound , but , when it was nearly midnight , a long howl , inexpressibly dreary and weird , came out of the depths of the forest . `` That 's a mighty lonely wolf , '' whispered Long Jim . `` Listen ! '' Henry whispered back .