midnight
Then I took apart his gun and put the barrel by handy , and afterwards braided many wicks from the cotton that the women gather wild in the summer . When he came back , it was with the bone I had commanded , and with news that in the igloo of Tummasook there was a five-gallon kerosene can and a big copper kettle . So I said he had done well and we would tarry through the day . And when midnight was near I made harangue to him . '' ` This chief , this Tummasook , hath a copper kettle , likewise a kerosene can . ' I put a rock , smooth and wave-washed , in Moosu 's hand . ` The camp is hushed and the stars are winking .