about
midnight
I wonder the Indians have n't let fly a poisoned arrow at you . Go , -- and have patience . '' Poor Quashy shut his mouth and his eyes -- it was as if three little lights had gone out -- while his dusky frame melted into its native gloom . No sound was to be heard on the sand-flats after that until about midnight , when the moon appeared on the horizon . Just then a sound was heard on the river . `` Here they come , '' whispered Pedro . The sound increased .