midnight
`` Good-bye , good-bye , dear Rose , '' Anne called back . As the sloop swung off from the wharf and the little girl looked back toward the friends who had been so kind to her there was a little mist in her eyes . `` It 's good luck indeed to have this favoring wind , '' said Captain Starkweather , as the boat moved swiftly down the harbor . `` I doubt not Amanda Cary is on the beach already hoping we may have sailed at midnight , '' and the Captain nodded smilingly toward Anne . `` What are you watching so sharply , John ? '' he asked , for Mr. Nelson , shading his eyes with one hand , was watching a small schooner . `` Why , I 'm wondering a bit about that schooner , '' he replied .