midnight
My plans now were formed in a breath , and explained in a sentence . It was right that you should be present on board the vessel , not only to witness your foe 's downfall , but to receive your child in a father 's arms . Leonard set out to Norwood for you , cautioned not to define too precisely for what object you were wanted , till on board . `` Frank , accompanied by Beppo -LRB- for there was yet time for these preparations before midnight -RRB- , repaired to the yacht , taking Giacomo by the way . There our new ally , familiar to most of that piratical crew , and sanctioned by the presence of Frank , as the count 's friend and prospective brother-in-law , told Peschiera 's hirelings that they were to quit the vessel , and wait on shore under Giacomo 's auspices till further orders ; and as soon as the decks were cleared of these ruffians -LRB- save a few left to avoid suspicion , and who were afterwards safely stowed down in the hold -RRB- , and as soon as Giacomo had lodged his convoy in a public house , where he quitted them drinking his health over unlimited rations of grog , your inestimable servant quietly shipped on board the Italians pressed into the service , and Frank took charge of the English sailors . `` The prince , promising to be on board in due time , then left me to make arrangements for his journey to Vienna by the dawn . I hastened to a masquerade warehouse , where , with the help of an ingenious stagewright artificer , I disguised myself into a most thorough-paced-looking cut - throat , and then waited the return of my friend Beppo with the most perfect confidence . ''