midnight
The Dyaks were hostile to him in race and creed , and assuredly infuriated against the foreign devil who had killed or wounded , in round numbers , one-fifth of their total force . Very likely , the hapless Mussulman would lose his life that night in attempting to bring water to the foot of the rock . Well , he , Jenks , might have something to say in that regard . By midnight the moon would illumine nearly the whole of Prospect Park . If the Mahommedan were slain in front of the cavern his soul would travel to the next world attended by a Nizam 's cohort of slaughtered slaves . Even if the man succeeded in eluding the vigilance of his present associates , where was the water to come from ? There was none on the island save that in the well .