midnight
However , thanks to the food Jans brought me , for I was put on bread and water , I held on . At last we entered the straits . The men were very quiet that day , and the captain in a worse temper than usual . I did not go to sleep , and turned out at the midnight watch , for I was made to keep watch although I was on duty all day . As the watch came in I heard them say to the others , ` In ten minutes ' time . ' Presently I saw them come out , and joining the watch on deck they went aft quietly in a body . They had all got handspikes in their hands .