midnight
From the time they left behind them the lifeless and snow-smothered cabin Philip lost account of time and direction . He believed that Bram was nearing the end of his trail . The wolves were dead tired . The wolf-man himself was lagging , and since midnight had ridden more frequently on the sledge . Still he drove on , and Philip searched with increasing eagerness the trail ahead of them . It was eight o'clock -- two hours after they had passed the cabin -- when they came to the edge of a clearing in the center of which was a second cabin . Here at a glance Philip saw there was life .