midnight
The patriarch frowned and wagged his beard again . `` A true patriot should hold himself ready to give his own life or take another 's , '' quoth he . `` Truly ; and I am most willing on both heads . But we have had enough and more than enough of midnight massacre . '' Where this argument would have led us in the end , I know not , since we were both waxing warm upon it . But in the midst the little maid came running from the open door , her blue eyes wide in childish terror . `` Injun man ! ''