midnight
Even Captain Fidanza has got to leave after sunset , when Linda has gone up to tend the light . And Nostromo goes away obediently . But what happens afterwards ? What does he do in the gulf between half-past six and midnight ? He has been seen more than once at that late hour pulling quietly into the harbour . Ramirez is devoured by jealousy . He dared not approach old Viola ; but he plucked up courage to rail at Linda about it on Sunday morning as she came on the mainland to hear mass and visit her mother 's grave .