midnight
Gone were her perturbations , her chilling uncertainties . She was at once stimulated and quieted . Their good-byes were said in the most public manner , yet one glance flashed between them which asked and promised an early meeting . Foeman 's Bluff It was near midnight when Creed sought his patient mule at the rack , to find that Doss Provine had ridden the animal away . `` He said you was a-goin ' to stay at yo ' own house to-night , an ' he ` lowed ye would n't need the mule , an ' he was mighty tired . He ` lowed hit was a mighty long ja ` nt out to the Edge whar he was a-goin ' , '' contributed Blev Straley , who seemed to have been admitted to Provine 's confidence . `` Mighty long ja ` nt -- I say long ja ` nt ! ''