about midnight
`` I did not like to bury my husband so soon , '' began the woman at last , `` but I dared not wait to ask any one to come . '' `` Tell me about it , '' said Peleg quietly , `` unless you think that we had better start for the fort right away . '' Mrs. Merrill shook her head as she said : `` I do not think there is need of immediate haste . It must have been about midnight when our dog began to growl so savagely that my husband thought something must be wrong . He got up , and when he opened the door to find out what the trouble was he received the fire of six or seven Indians . He sank to the floor , but managed to call me to close the door and let down the bars . `` I do n't know that I ever had such a thrilling or awful moment in my life !