midnight
`` Assuredly we have friends . Six , ten , seven , h ` eight person shall go with us within the hour ! But I must tell -- '' Jeanne was at his elbow , catching scent of something of this , guessing at possible danger . She broke out now into loud expostulations at this rashness of her spouse , parent of this progeny of theirs , thus undertaking to expose himself to midnight dangers . Hector , none the less , shook his head . `` It is necessary that one go armed , '' commented Eleazar calmly . He patted with affection the long barreled piece which lay over his own arm .