half past twelve
That is the interval at which we 'll change our guard , and we do n't wish , either , to disturb you many times in your pleasant slumbers . It would not be right to call a man back too often from the land of Tarenyawagon , who , you may know , is the Iroquois sender of dreams . '' Garay , whom they had now laid tenderly upon the floor of the hut , turned his face away , and Willet went back to the fire , humming in a pleased fashion to himself . At half past twelve he awoke Garay from his uneasy sleep and propounded to him his dreadful query , grown terrifying by its continual iteration . At half past four Tayoga asked it , and it was not necessary then to awake Garay . He had not slept since half past twelve . He snarled at the Iroquois , and then sank back on the blanket that they had kindly placed for him .