midnight
`` Why do you ask that question ? '' demanded Antoine , giving a quick start . `` Have you been annoyed by people hanging about the cabin ? '' Will did n't know whether to relate the story of the midnight visit or not . He finally decided that the least he said to Antoine the better it would be for him , so he replied that they had passed two very restful nights in the deserted log house on the island . `` Did you find it deserted ? '' asked Antoine .