midnight
Willock chuckled . `` There was a terrible time ! '' remarked Bill . `` Dark was a-coming on before the party got plumb scared , '' Willock continued , `` but they brushed and combed that mountain looking for the poor lost lady , and as I tells 'em she 's a-hiding a-purpose , they think it a pore sort of joke till midnight catches 'em mighty serious . Torches is carried here and there and everywhere , but no use . You would think that the next day the crowd would naturally look down in that crevice , but that 's because I 've posted you up on where she is . There 's lots of other crevices , and no reason as they can see why Miss Sellimer should take the trouble to worm herself down into any of 'em -- and as nobody saw that Injun , how could they suspicion foul play ?