midnight
At last they yielded . But how could he cross the line in the daytime ? They would have to wait till night . Finally the captain said he would wait and send Job with a scout at dusk , and follow with the troops at midnight . The bugle sounded recall , and the soldiers waited , so that Job could keep his promise . All that summer day as he lay on the cot , listening to the ripple of the spring , the neighing of the horses , the bugle-calls , and the coming and going of the men , he thought of those comrades shut in the store office without food , and waiting for relief which it must seem would never come . Just at dusk , mounted behind a sturdy little trooper , and well disguised , Job started back .