midnight
Overhaul the grub , one of you , an ' let 's have a bite ; I feel like a man what 's been on a thirty hour watch . '' `` So you have , for that matter . Even if you ai n't a sailor man I 'd like to see him as could handle a little craft any better . With me at the helm she 'd have gone to the bottom before midnight . '' `` I wo n't kick 'cause you praise me , '' Jake replied with a laugh ; `` but do n't lay it on too thick for fear I might get proud . '' `` I was only tellin ' the truth , an ' jest what all of us think . When the breeze freshened I made up my mind that the voyage was about ended ; but here we are yet , an ' here we 're likely to be a spell longer unless we strike another norther . ''