midnight
In one of these islands he was determined to take refuge , provided he was not favoured by accident , for going farther south was out of the question , unless absolutely driven to it . Calculating his distance , on the evening of the sixth day out , he found that he might reach an anchorage at Pico , before the sloop-of-war could close with him , even allowing the necessity of hauling up again by the wind . But Providence had ordered differently . Towards midnight , the breeze almost failed and became baffling , and when the day dawned the officer of the watch reported that it was ahead . The pursuing ship , though still in sight , was luckily so far astern and to leeward as to prevent any danger from a visit by boats , and there was leisure to make the preparations that might become necessary on the springing up of a new breeze . Of the speedy occurrence of such a change there was now every symptom , the heavens lighting up at the north-west , a quarter from which the genius of the storms mostly delights in making a display of his power . I come with mightier things ; Who calls mo silent ?