midnight
Then you can awaken Dill , who will keep guard until it is time to arouse the camp , which will be just as soon as the moon rises , somewhere around midnight . Now everybody but Rex get into their blankets . '' A small tent had been secured for the use of Mrs. Dickson , into which she now retired ; but the men found `` soft '' spots of ground near the camp-fire , spread out their blankets on them , and , rolling themselves up in the blankets , lay down to as sound a sleep as ever blessed a man in the most comfortable of beds . A little after midnight , just as the white disk of the moon rose above the tops of the mountains to the east , Dill quietly awoke his father ; and then the two quietly , and cautioning all to make as little noise as possible , awoke the others . Pedro , who had lain down near the horses , was at first inclined to be surly , when aroused from a sound sleep and told to pack the horses as quickly and as quietly as possible ; but in a few minutes all his surliness had vanished and he was doing the work with a swift and skilful dexterity that showed long practice . In half an hour the horses were packed and everything was ready to start . `` Now , '' and Mr. Conroyal lowered his voice almost to a whisper , `` there must be no talking and everyone must move quietly , so as to make as little noise as possible , until we have put a couple of miles between us and the camp .