midnight
said the Onondaga , in a whimsical tone . `` No I have found you , '' said Robert . `` You were lost from me , I was not lost from you . '' `` It is the same , and I think by your waiting here at midnight that you have been in great peril . '' `` So I have been , and I may be yet -- and you too . I have been pursued by warriors , Tandakora at their head . I have not seen them , but I know from the venom and persistence of the pursuit that he leads them .