midnight
This cheered me greatly , and after a while we had our dinner in peace . The long afternoon passed slowly away , and there was no rally in the village , and no sign of a further advance ; so night came on and nothing had been done . After supper I said good-night to Father Donovan , threw myself , dressed as I was , on the bed , and fell into a doze . It was toward midnight when Tom Peel woke me up ; that man seemed to sleep neither night nor day ; and there he stood by my bed , looking like a giant in the flicker of the candle-light . `` Your honour , '' he said , `` I think there 's something going on at the mouth of the tunnel . Twice I 've caught the glimpse of a light there , although they 're evidently trying to conceal it . '' I sat up in bed and said : `` What do you propose to do ? ''