midnight
`` Just what I did , Toby , '' returned the other , with a smile , `` and as you say , it did sound like far-away thunder . I saw you peeking out , but did n't say anything , for old Steve was sleeping fine , and I did n't want to wake him up . After you went off again I crept outside for an observation . It was around midnight then . '' `` Course you could tell by the stars , '' suggested Toby , eagerly . `` I saw you taking their positions about the time we crept in for a snooze . I must learn how to tell the hour of the night by the heavens before we finish this camping trip .