midnight
We continued on through the hall without further conversation , and I paid little attention to my surroundings , so that while my eyes saw and my mind displayed , my subconscious was not present in the effort , and thereby no memory was retained . This may seem to be the plot of an unimaginative writer to escape the use of that faculty , but as these are nothing but my written memories , and I make no claims of producing good fiction , I will leave that hall primarily to the minds of the reader . Soon after , we arrived at our destination , which was very nearly at the end of the hall , and entered to find that we were expected and a space open for my fitting , which was soon accomplished , and my suit promised to be at my quarters the next morning . That would be just in time for the departure of the raiding party , which was set to cut out and embark for Nunami a little after that , in order to be in place in the hidden treetop posts surrounding the city before nighttime , as the operation was to begin at midnight . At first I thought that the attack was pushed forward in haste , but as I came to realize that my coming had been prophesied and a great amount of time had been spent preparing for this day , it seemed only natural that they should want to bring the hostilities to a close after such a long time . There were other considerations as well . The weather , for one , had to be dry and not at all windy for the fire to be safely attempted , and also the possibility of the Zards making the first offensive could not be ignored , for they had knowledge of my arrival and may have felt forced to act to prevent the very type of thing that we were about to attempt .