About midnight
Night had no stillness , for the roar of the winds and waters was incessant , though deadened by the intervening decks and sides ; but now and then an open door admitted , as it might be , the whole scene into the cabins . At such moments every sound was fresh , and frightfully grand , -- even the shout of the officer coming to the ear like a warning cry from the deep . At length Eve , wearied by her apprehensions even , fell into a troubled sleep , in which her frightened faculties , however , kept so much on the alert , that at no time was the roar of the tempest entirely lost to her sense of hearing . About midnight the glare of a candle crossed her eyes , and she was broad awake in an instant . On rising in her berth she found Nanny Sidley , who had so often and so long watched over her infant and childish slumbers , standing at her side , and gazing wistfully in her face . '' 'T is a dread night , Miss Eve , '' half whispered the appalled domestic . `` I have not been able to sleep for thinking of you , and of what might happen on these wide waters ! ''