midnight
'T is all our present state can safely bear : Health to the frame and vigor to the mind , And to the modest eye , chastised delight , Like the fair summer evening , mild and sweet , 'T is man 's full cup -- his paradise below . With what feelings of delight did Newton Forster walk the deck of the Windsor Castle , as she scudded before a fine breeze across the Bay of Biscay ! His happiness in anticipation was so great , that at times he trembled lest the cup should be dashed from his lips ; and at the same time that he thanked God for blessings received , he offered up his prayer that his prospects might not be blighted by disappointment . How happy did he feel when he escorted Isabel on deck , and walked with her during the fine summer evenings , communicating those hopes and fears , recurring to the past , or anticipating the future , till midnight warned them of the rapidity with which time had flown away ! The pirate vessel , which had been manned by the crew of the neutral and part of the ship 's company of the Windsor Castle , under charge of the fourth-mate , sailed round and round them , until at last the Channel was entered , and , favoured with a westerly breeze , the Windsor Castle and her prize anchored in the Downs . Here Mrs Enderby and Isabel quitted the ship , and Newton received orders to proceed round to the river . Before the Windsor Castle had anchored , the newspapers were put into his hands containing a report of the two actions , and he had the gratification of acknowledging that his countrymen were not niggardly in the encomiums upon his meritorious conduct .