midnight
`` Do n't make the mistake of searching for trouble , '' Cummings interrupted . `` It is sufficient to know that we are alive and uninjured . The Indians will not bother us for some time . '' Not until considerably past midnight did the rain cease falling ; but the wind storm still continued , and Poyor said , speaking for the first time since the party were united : `` It will not be possible to leave here until sunrise . Those who can sleep should try to do so , for we may have a hard day 's work before us to-morrow . '' `` I should as soon think of sleeping during a battle , '' Teddy replied with a shudder . `` The suspense is worse than actual danger . ''