midnight
How dark it was ! How still the world ! A feeling of intense loneliness stole over Job , and then a sense of God 's nearness soothed him and he fell asleep . It must have been after midnight when he awoke with a start , a feeling of something dreadful filling him . He listened . All was still save for Bess ' occasional pawing near by . Then he heard a sound that set the blood curdling in his veins , that sent his hair up straight , and made his heart beat like an engine -- from far off in the mountains came a weird , heart-breaking cry as of a lost child .