midnight
`` It seems to blow from the north and east both at once , and the sea is very rough . The Empress will have a bad voyage . '' `` When did she set out ? '' `` The anchor was weighed towards midnight . The vessel which is to fetch her to Alexandria is a fine ship , but rolls from side to side in a very unpleasant manner . '' Hadrian laughed loudly and sharply at this , and said : `` That will turn her heart and her stomach upside down . I wish I were there to see -- but no , by all the gods , no !