midnight
Fisher laughed . `` No , '' he said , `` but somehow I do n't believe the ghost intends to trouble us after all . They ` re scared at our preparations . I think one man ` ll do after midnight . '' He rode on a little way , when suddenly something induced him to turn his head , and he saw distinctly , in the moonlight , a white figure come out of the hut and make its way quickly in the direction of the creek . It was a woman 's figure , with a kerchief across the head , but whether it was Nell or her grandmother he could not at that distance or in that light say . He rode up to his mate quickly .