midnight
`` I never saw anything like it , even in the Channel , '' said Feodora . `` But you seemed to handle the boat just as easily as though the wind came only in zephyrs . '' She bestowed another glance of admiration upon the modest tar , who explained that he had always been used to boats from his childhood , and he felt more at home on the deck of a ship than he did in the parlor of his father 's house . They talked of the perils of the day till midnight . A bed had been provided for the lady , but the two young gentlemen lay on the floor before the fire . In the morning the clouds broke away , and the sun rose bright and clear . The calm that follows the storm prevailed upon the lake .