midnight
The mighty camp was in a ferment of excitement . Every one seemed elated beyond words . On , once more , to Eldorado ! It was near midnight , but the sky , where the sun had dipped below the mountain rim , was a sea of translucent green , weirdly and wildly harmonious with the desolation of the land . On the bleak lake one could hear the lap of waves , while the high , rocky shore to the left was a black wall of shadow . I stood by the beach near our boat , all alone in the wan light , and tried to think calmly of the strange things that had happened to me . Surely there was something of Romance left in this old world yet if one would only go to seek it .