midnight
The light now came from dead astern , dousing its white sweep in the rippling wake of the vessel . `` And now for a bit of sleep ! '' Tonet stretched out on a coil of line at the foot of the mast and pulled a piece of canvas over him . His brother would steer till midnight , when it would be his turn till dawn . The Rector was now the only one awake on board the _ Garbosa _ . The thrashing of the water forward was not loud enough to drown the snores from the crew sleeping almost at his feet . For the first time in his life , Pascualo was uneasy .