midnight
To sit beside the Devil 's Punch Bowl in the dark , and listen to the terrible gurgling of the water through the basin ! The blood curdled in her veins at the mere thought of it , and yet she choked back her terror with a stern hand and said no word as Sahwah rose from beside the unconscious man , called `` All right ! '' over her shoulder and disappeared between the trees like an arrow shot from a bow . Inside of five minutes after Sahwah left it was dark as midnight in the Punch Bowl , dark with an inky blackness that clutched at Oh-Pshaw as with hands while the hideous gurgling filled her ears and turned her blood to water . She was going to faint , she knew it ; the strength went out of her limbs ; icy drops gathered on her forehead . Then she remembered . She _ dared _ not faint .