midnight
But a two hour watch may not be long enough to do all you wants ; and den , jest t ` ink for a moment , should ' e cap ` in come on deck and hail ' e forecastle , and find us all gone , I would n't be in your skin , Jack , for dis brig , in sich a kerlamity . I knows Cap ` in Spike well ; t ` ree time I endebber to run myself , and each time he bring me up wid a round turn ; so , now-a-days , I nebber t ` inks of sich a projeck any longer . '' `` But I do not intend to leave the forecastle without some one on it to answer a hail . No , all I want is a companion ; for I do not like to go out on the reef at midnight , all alone . If one of you will go with me , the other can stay and answer the captain 's hail , should he really come on deck in our watch -- a thing very little likely to happen . When once his head is on his pillow , a ` ter a hard day 's work , it 's not very apt to be lifted ag ` in without a call , or a squall . If you do know Stephen Spike _ well , _ Josh , I know him better . ''