midnight
He looked down . The pool below was churning to whitecapped fury , releasing a flood of greedy and ferocious gurglings . Gradually a bitter silence fell and a gloom gathered . Everything went black as midnight ... He felt a cold blast playing through his hair . Instinctively he put his hand to his head . His hat was gone . Suddenly it came to him that he would have to go back to Fairview ... _ alone _ .