midnight
In this work Ivor Donaldson found a sufficient outlet for the fierce unnatural energies which had been aroused within him . He went about heaving and hauling , and staggering under weights that in an ordinary state of body and mind he could scarcely have moved . Little notice was taken of him , however , for every one else was , if not doing the same thing , at least working up to the utmost extent of his ability . Before midnight all was over . The fire was what the cook termed black out . The furniture , more than half destroyed , was re-housed . The danger of a revival of the flames was past , and the warriors in the great battle felt themselves free to put off their armour and seek refreshment .