midnight
Hear it , heaven and earth , for I 'll do it ! '' All things must have an end . So , as the hours passed on , the storm having spent all its fury , gradually grumbled itself into silence . Old Hurricane also raged himself into a state of exhaustion so complete that when the midnight hour struck he could only drop into a chair and murmur : `` Twelve o'clock and no news of her yet ! '' And then unwillingly he went to bed , attended by Mrs. Condiment and Pitapat instead of Wool , who was supposed to be out in search of Capitola , but who was , in fact , fast asleep on the floor of a dry cellar . Meanwhile , where did this midnight hour find Capitola ? On every side the aspect was the same , All ruined , desolate , forlorn and savage , No hand or foot within the precinct came To rectify or ravage !