midnight
I never knew before what the trade wind was . And now I am infatuated with it . I stroll up and down for an hour at a time , with whichever mate has the watch . Mr. Mellaire is always full-garmented , but Mr. Pike , on these delicious nights , stands his first watch after midnight in his pyjamas . He is a fearfully muscular man . Sixty-nine years seem impossible when I see his single , slimpsy garments pressed like fleshings against his form and bulged by heavy bone and huge muscle . A splendid figure of a man !