midnight
she exclaimed . `` Little Papias had rolled off the chest on which he was sleeping , so the good girl had put him into her bed and was sitting on the chest herself , tired as she was . '' `` She would do anything for that boy , '' said Karnis . `` But it is past midnight . Come , Orpheus , let us make the bed ! '' Three long hen-coops which stood piled against the wall were laid on the ground and covered with mats ; on these the tired men stretched their limbs , but they could not sleep . The little lamp was extinguished , and for an hour all was still in the dark room .