midnight
`` You 're a fool , '' he argued . `` You 're as big a fool as Bucky Nome . My God -- you -- Phil Steele -- letting a married woman upset you like this ! '' It was near midnight when he came to Pierrot 's cabin , but a light was still burning in the half-breed 's log home . Philip kicked off his snow shoes and knocked at the door . In a moment Pierrot opened it , stepped back , and stared at the white figure that came in out of the storm . `` Mon Dieu -- it ees you -- Mee-sair Philip ! ''