midnight
This roused Weyman . He was one of that growing number of thoughtful men who believe that man 's egoism , as a race , blinds him to many of the more wonderful facts of creation . He had thrown down the gantlet , and with a logic that had gained him a nation-wide hearing , to those who believed that man was the only living creature who could reason , and that common sense and cleverness when displayed by any other breathing thing were merely instinct . The facts behind Henri 's tale of woe struck him as important , and until midnight they talked about the two strange wolves . `` There is one big wolf an ' one smaller , '' said Henri . `` An ' it is always the big wolf who goes in an ' fights the lynx . I see that by the snow .