midnight
The tempest is certainly vehement , but it is with the permission of the Lord Jesus , who desires that the morrow shall be the more joyful . '' `` Bah ! we were quite near the city , '' said Glowacz . `` Yet if it were not for these people , we should have strayed till midnight , since we had deviated from the right path . '' `` Because the fire was extinguished . '' Meanwhile they arrived in town . The snowdrifts in the streets were larger , so big that in some places they even covered the windows , so much so that the wayfarers could not see the light from within .