Midnight
`` I can hardly think they would go away and leave a dog locked up in it . They would at least turn him loose . '' Hour after hour we waited . Midnight passed , and still nothing happened . At last when the moon had disappeared under the clouds , Kennedy pulled me along . We had seen not a sign of life in the house , yet he observed all the caution he would have if it had been well guarded . Quickly we advanced over the open space to the house , approaching in the shadow as much as possible , on the side farthest from the river .