midnight
I feel better now . -- Good Heaven ! are there such fools as to value the dross of metal above one drop of water in a time of suffering and privation such as this ? '' The night closed in as before ; the stars shone bright but there was no moon , Philip had risen at midnight to relieve Krantz from the steerage of the raft . Usually the men had lain about in every part of the raft , but this night the majority of them remained forward . Philip was communing with his own bitter thoughts , when he heard a scuffle forward , and the voice of Krantz crying out to him for help . He quitted the helm , and seizing his cutlass ran forward , where he found Krantz down , and the men securing him .