midnight
Your ship will be a total loss . '' He paused , and captain and mate looked despair at each other . `` But I will tell you what you can do . The breeze will freshen tonight around midnight -- see those tails of clouds and that thickness to windward , beyond the point there ? That 's where she 'll come from , out of the southeast , hard . It is three hundred miles to Mangareva . Square away for it .