midnight
On either side was a trail ; for on both the table-plain ran in horizontally to the very lips of the abyss . About midway to the mine , on the left brow , the guide knew of a spring , and we proceeded towards this with the intention of camping by the water . We dragged wearily along . It was near midnight when we arrived at the spring . Our horses were unsaddled and staked on the open plain . Here Seguin had resolved that we should rest longer than usual . A feeling of security had come over him as he approached these well-remembered scenes .