midnight
`` I 'm here , Judith -- here on the shore , where it will be useless to follow me , as I will hide in the woods . '' `` Oh ! Hetty what is ' t you do ! Remember 't is drawing near midnight , and that the woods are filled with savages and wild beasts ! '' `` Neither will harm a poor half-witted girl , Judith . God is as much with me , here , as he would be in the Ark or in the hut . I am going to help my father , and poor Hurry Harry , who will be tortured and slain unless some one cares for them . ''