midnight
Taking it for granted that that was the relation she wished sustained between them , Seagreave gravely adopted her attitude , and for the next few days if they spoke at all it was principally about the work that was going on down at the crevasse . Never had Harry occupied himself so constantly and so feverishly , for the most part outside the cabin , chopping and sawing diligently at a huge pile of wood , and in his intervals of leisure he spent a great deal of time down the hill by the mountain of snow , watching its almost magical vanishing . `` There is a great crowd down at the ravine to-night , '' he said to Pearl , one evening at supper . `` They are working with torches , and I think they will probably have some kind of a bridge swung over by midnight . I managed to signal to them a while ago , and they know that we are safe now . If -- if you want to sit up to-night , '' his voice sounded strained and perfunctory , `` I think you could possibly get over before morning . '' The shadow which had fallen upon her face in the last day or two deepened a little .