midnight
I did not urge them . It would be , as Mr. Phillips had said , a moonlight night ; the rays of the rising moon were already silvering the deepening dusk . Ralph was again asleep in his snug harbor , with Guard lying quietly beside him . `` The cows will be waiting at the corral bars when we get home , '' Jessie remarked once , `` but it is going to be so light that we can do the chores nearly as well at midnight as we could at mid-day , so there is really no need of hurrying . We 've had good luck to-day , have n't we , Leslie ? '' `` Yes , '' I answered , `` we have , '' but I spoke absently . I was listening to again catch a sound that had just reached my ears ; faint , far off , but welcome ; it was one that we seldom heard in that mountain-guarded valley where our days were passed .