midnight
He saw Danvers , vainly striving to reach his sister . `` Let me out ! '' came in a thick gurgle from his swelling throat . Something in his face made the throng give way and Moore quickly pushed him outside into the midnight cold . `` Go back for my wife and daughter , '' Burroughs commanded . `` Go back ! '' The street was empty , for everybody had stayed within the capitol to feast on the sensation of the Indians and the fainting women .