midnight
It will be a joyful one too ; we shall go out with Wolfe , and he will find his master , and then -- oh , yes ! I dare say my dear father will be with yours . They will have taken good heed to the track , and we shall soon see our dear mothers and chere petite Louise . '' The storm lasted till past midnight , when it gradually subsided , and the poor wanderers were glad to see the murky clouds roll off , and the stars peep forth among their broken masses ; but they were reduced to a pitiful state , the hurricane having beaten down their little hut , and their garments were drenched with rain . However , the boys made a good fire with some bark and boughs they had in store : there were a few sparks in their back log unextinguished ; these they gladly fanned up into a blaze , at which they dried their wet clothes , and warmed themselves . The air was now cool almost to chilliness ; for some days the weather remained unsettled , and the sky overcast with clouds , while the lake presented a leaden hue , crested with white mimic waves . They soon set to work to make another hut , and found close to the head of the ravine a great pine uprooted , affording them large pieces of bark , which proved very serviceable in thatching the sides of the hut .