midnight
she went on , flashing at him a bright smile . `` Thinking , I suppose ? '' `` I do n't know that I was . I believe I was trying to realize the immensity and silence of the midnight ocean , as far as that tin-pot racket down there would allow one to realize anything . Then it occurred to me how long it would take for the intense solitude to drive a man mad if he were cast away alone in it . '' `` Not long , I should think , '' answered Lilith , gazing seriously out over the smooth , oily sea . `` The horror of it would soon do that for me . ''