midnight
Rachel at last spoke : `` It is like a scene of enchantment . It is more wonderful than anything I ever read of . '' `` Yes 'm , hit 's mouty strikin ' now , an ' when ye think how hit 'll all be changed in a little while ter more misery then thar is this side o ' hell , hit becomes all the more strikin ' . Hit seems ter me somethin' like what I 've heered 'em read ` bout in the Bible , whar they went on feastin ' an ' singin ' , an ' dancin ' an ' frolickin ' , an ' the like , an ' at midnight the inimy broke through the walls of ther city , an ' put 'em all ter the sword , even while they wuz settin ' round thar tables , with ther drinkin ' cups in ther hands . '' `` To think what a storm is about to break upon this scene of happiness and mirth-making ! '' said Rachel , with a shudder . `` Yes , an ' they seem ter want ter do the very things thet 'll show ther contempt o ' righteousness , an ' provoke the wrath o ' the Lord .