midnight
For the present all writing must cease , and the Dodge family move . This removal must be prompt , and nothing was to be said about it . She did as advised . Her surprise was great at being conveyed in a roundabout way for several hours , and unloaded with the children , after midnight , in a narrow street . This friend said not to be frightened , as all would soon be fixed , and conducted them through the winding lanes to the cabin . The family had lived there ever since and never heard from William Dodge . Another pause .