about midnight
It will take all today , and maybe tomorrow ; but it shall be done , if we have to work double tides , or to make a cobbler 's job of it in haste . I must be off therefore to see to it . But I hope , if wind will serve us we may sail for home tomorrow night . Tide serves about midnight , and waits for no man . You had better be with us betimes . '' He saw that I seemed downcast , and added thoughtfully enough : `` It is in my mind that you need have little care yet . Gerent will not let Owen out of his sight for some time , as I think , and danger begins when he is abroad alone , and carelessly .