fall at midnight
They are Montagnais , come from Montreal . They seek scalps , but not ours , because they do not know of us . '' Robert shuddered . These savages , like as not , would fall at midnight upon some lone settlement , and his intense imagination depicted the hideous scenes to follow . `` Come away , '' he whispered . `` Since they do n't know anything about us we 'll keep them in ignorance . I 'm longing more than ever for my warm bear cave . ''