about midnight
It was prudent to have one person awake , in case anything should happen ; at the same time , that one was sufficient . The night came on , and we retired to our respective sleeping-places . Each of us was to watch for about four hours . Blount took the first watch , Kalong took the next , and I was called about midnight . The reader will recollect how , in the early part of my history , Eva and I , when infants , were rescued from the shattered boat , just before the storm which overwhelmed it came on . As I walked the deck , I was thinking of the account I had heard of that circumstance , and of the many extraordinary events of my life , when I had been so providentially preserved from the dangers which threatened me . `` Yes , indeed , '' I uttered aloud , `` God has been merciful to me .