midnight
He 's too clever . He 'll fool the officers yet , as he 's done before . '' Sleep came slowly to the girls that night , there had been so much excitement during the day , but one by one they dropped off at last , even Sahwah , who was so wide awake she thought she would never sleep again . Sometime after midnight the doorbell rang , a loud , ferocious peal that clanged through the silent house like a fire alarm and fetched Sahwah sitting upright in bed with a beating heart . `` What 's that ? '' came in a startled tone from Hinpoha 's room . `` The doorbell , '' answered Sahwah , jumping out of bed and putting on her slippers .