about midnight
I admit I was a fool to do it , but I was n't in the best of tempers . `` However , if the worst comes to the worst , he can only lead them to the hut ; and they wo n't find much worth taking , there . When we once get out to the blacks , we can snap our fingers at them . '' It was , indeed , about midnight when Jim had stolen away . He was still faint and giddy , and his face was terribly burned by the blow which had been dealt him ; but when once fairly away from the bush rangers , he set out in the direction in which he knew the Donalds ' station lay ; and never halted until he arrived there , on the following evening , utterly wearied and worn out , for he had eaten nothing on the previous day . `` Then they have got away after all , Jim , '' Reuben said , when he had listened patiently to the long narration . `` You have done all that was possible , Jim .