midnight
Three times he called his daughter 's name , the young Amalekite appeared , and the soldier said decidedly : `` Follow this man , I will take care of Nebsecht . '' `` I will not leave him , '' said Pentaur . `` Perhaps water will wake him . '' They plunged him in the brook , which half woke him , and by the help of his companions , who now pushed and now dragged him , he staggered and stumbled up the rugged mountain path , and before midnight they reached their destination , the hut of the Amalekite . The old hunter was asleep , but his son aroused him , and told him what Uarda had ordered and promised . But no promises were needed to incite the worthy mountaineer to hospitality . He received the poet with genuine friendliness , laid the sleeping leech on a mat , prepared a couch for Pentaur of leaves and skins , called his daughter to wash his feet , and offered him his own holiday garment in the place of the rags that covered his body .