midnight
And beside him the cattle walked and walked and walked , a dim , moving mass in the quiet July night . CHAPTER 10 . Harry Conroy at Home . It was late next morning when they got under way ; for they had not reached camp until long after midnight , and Wooden Shoes was determined the cattle should have one good feed , and all the water they wanted , to requite them for the hard drive of the day before . Pink rode out with Rowdy to the herd -- a heavylidded , gloomy Rowdy he was , and not amiably inclined toward the small talk of the range . But Pink had slept five whole hours and was almost his normal self ; which means that speech was not to be denied him . `` What yuh mourning over ? ''