midnight
Even then the quarters were so heavy that their full strength was required to drag them up the bluff and load them into the wagon . The head , with its broad , branching antlers , was all that they could lift to the top of their now bulky load . The task had taken till past four o'clock of that stormy November afternoon . Twilight was upon them , the wintry twilight of a snowstorm , before they made start ; and it was long past midnight when they finally plodded home . There were corncake and moose venison for Thanksgiving dinner .