Midnight
In five minutes Orris was breathing heavily , taking full toll of slumber , for he was not so very strong and the day 's happenings had exhausted him greatly . Blaine sought shelter under another angle of the basement , and after a vigorous struggle against somnolence , finally dropped off . After that the old ruin was silent . Midnight passed . Unceasing silence reigned . Suddenly there came a sound of planes coming down from the upper air . Finally a fretful voice rose up stridently , recklessly , saying through a muffled megaphone : `` Ho , there -- below !