midnight
`` That will be the last . Now they will stop it , '' said Bel . `` Come , Auntie ! '' And after midnight , for an hour or more , the house , with the five women in it , hushed . Aunt Blin took some hot Jamaica ginger , and Bel filled a jug with boiling water , wrapped it in flannel , and tucked it into the bed at her feet . Then she gave her a spoonful of her cough-mixture , took off her own clothes , and lay down . Still the great fire roared , and put out the stars .