midnight
I looked often in the direction of home and Olga , but the hills were between us . I slept fitfully at night , after waking with a start which disturbed me greatly . At last I looked at my watch . It was past midnight , and I determined to go home . Going to the creek where the night gang was at work , shoveling into the sluice boxes , I told the foreman I was starting for home , as I believed something had happened . `` You 're nervous ! '' he said .