midnight
The silent antagonism between these two daily grew stronger ; why , neither one could have told up to this holiday . The day had been perfect -- the weather , the dinner , the company , the woodland -- even the amber light in the sky softening the glow as the afternoon slipped down toward twilight in the sheltered old Corral . `` Come , Vic Burleigh , help me to start this fire for supper , '' Dennie Saxon called . `` We wo n't get our coffee and ham and eggs ready before midnight . '' `` Here , Trench , or some of you fellows , get busy , '' Vic called back to the big right guard of the Sunrise football squad . `` Elinor and I are going to climb the west bluff to see what 's the matter with the sun . It looks sick .