midnight
The convenience was so great , of receiving the signal at the spot where it could be answered , that for the present he thought it best that they should go on as they did . That night , however , to his dismay , clouds gathered and a grim snow-storm began . He got no observations ; and the next day it stormed so heavily that he could not lay his signals out . For me at Tamworth , I had a heavy storm all day , but at midnight it was clear ; and as soon as the regular eclipse was past , George began with what we saw was an account of the great anaclysm which sent them there . You observe that Orcutt had far greater power of communicating with us than we had with him . He knew this . And it was fortunate he had .