midnight
Still that was not our wish . We wanted to get out of the river without being questioned . On we went , till we could neither see nor hear anything of our pursuers . At last a few lights here and there of some midnight watchers were seen glimmering from the town of Nansimond . We glided by it . We reached the mouth of the river , and not till then did we slacken our speed . I then relieved O'Driscoll at the oar .