midnight
Lord Nelson now returned to the ` Saint George , ' and the fleet sailed to the eastward to look after the Swedes . We were off Bornholm , but the ` Saint George ' could not get through a shallow channel which had to be passed , and was some twelve leagues astern of us . Every minute we expected to be engaged with the enemy . At midnight , who should step on board the ` Elephant ' but Lord Nelson himself . The night was very cold , but he had come all that distance in an open boat without even a cloak , so eager was he to be present at the expected battle . None took place , and after a little time I was sent home invalided . '' `` When I came home from the Baltic , I and others were landed at Yarmouth , and sent to the hospital .