midnight
He quoted thoughtfully , turning the leaves . Then he read the shorter poems , -- a score of them , -- his voice sounding the noble music of the lines . It was revelation for those raw youths and led them high . They forgot the passing of the hours and till near midnight were as those gone to a strange country . And they long remembered that night with Darrel of the Blessed Isles . Dust of Diamonds in the Hour-glass The axe of Theron Allen had opened the doors of the wilderness . One by one the great trees fell thundering and were devoured by fire .