midnight
`` I asked that question . He was doing well when my friend left . Somehow or another no vital part was injured , and he has had many presents made him for his gallant conduct , and the sergeant was well rewarded also . Well , my pipe 's out , and it 's not far from midnight ; I should think we may just as well try for a little sleep , Tom , for perhaps we may not get any for some time to come . '' Bramble coiled himself up under the bulwark , I did the same ; and in a few minutes we both had forgotten whether we were in our beds at our house at Deal or prisoners bound for the French coast . At daylight the next morning Bramble roused me up . `` Here we are now , Tom !