midnight
As nobody felt disposed to spend the whole night on sentry duty , the matter was settled by Miss Corley and Miss Hoyle proposing to bring their beds and sleep in the marquee for the future . `` I wake easily , so I should hear the very faintest footstep , I 'm sure , '' said Miss Hoyle . `` I 'm going to keep a revolver under my pillow , too , and I hope you 'll spread that information all over the gardens , and add that I 'm accustomed to use it , and would as soon shoot a man as look at him . '' Whether through fear of Miss Hoyle 's bloodthirsty intentions , or with a shrewd suspicion that Mr. Cox was on the watch , the marauders did not repeat their midnight visit , and left the camp in peace . Miss Hoyle seemed almost disappointed . Being a journalist , she had perhaps hoped to make copy of the adventure , and write a sparkling column for her newspaper . The Grange girls decided that it was not the revolver , but the dread of Miss Gibbs which had scared away the gipsies .