midnight
Everybody in the Head seems tickled to death that he won , but you know how little that means to me . It is simply another reason why I should beat him the next time . `` Dearest little girl , it 's the easiest thing in the world . I 've just come back from going over the _ May _ -LRB- it 's midnight -RRB- , and the thing looks good . You know Schofield is a great hand to carry sail . Well , when you hear about the race , maybe you 'll hear that his foretopmast came down in a squall . If you do n't , I 'll be much surprised , for I 've attended to it myself , and I do n't think it will take much of a squall .