midnight
But where now was Dorothy 's body ? We were fifty miles , seventy-five miles , a hundred miles from the unmarked spot of burial . She had sunk fathoms into the abyss . The bell on the boat had rung the midnight , then one o'clock . I heard it toll for two -- then I slept . I awoke hearing little Reverdy sobbing . I stood out of the berth and tried to comfort him .