midnight
`` What time do we go ? '' `` Towards an hour and a half of the night , '' said Ruggiero , meaning two hours after sunset . `` Then the padroni will have eaten and the rocks will be covered with crabs , and the moon will not be yet risen . It will be dark under Scutari till past midnight , and the crabs will sit still under the torch , and we can take them with our hands as we always do . '' `` Of course , '' answered Bastianello , who was familiar with the sport , `` one knows that . '' `` And I will tell you another thing , '' continued Ruggiero , who seemed to warm with the subject . `` You shall pull stroke and I will pull bow .