midnight
The word did that . '' `` No , friends ; love did it . '' Single drops fell from the trees , others hung like long needles and sparkled . Just as the sea lay spread out below , so the summits of the mountains were now revealed , the snow-peaks , and the pinnacles of rock , while the ice-fields were visible until near midnight . The deep stillness and the softness in the air made the men dreamy . Some were inclined to sleep . Others thought of what the future might have in store for them , and thinking thereon suffered themselves to sink , untroubling , into the will of God .