midnight
Then , curiously enough , the last thing that he remembered was his Tacitus , lying in his locked desk in the Pendleton Academy . He would get out that old fellow again some day and finish him . Then he fell sound asleep in his saddle , and the horse went steadily on , safely carrying his sleeping master . He did not awake until midnight , when Dalton 's hand on his shoulder caused him to open his eyes . `` I 've been asleep , too , Harry , '' said Dalton , `` but I woke up first . We 're going into camp here for the rest of the night . '' `` I 'm glad to stop , '' said Harry , `` but I wonder what the dawn will bring . ''