midnight
The health of both passengers and crew continued excellent ; the prentice lad , Monro , and Mrs. Lyndsay 's maid , Hannah , forming the only exceptions . As to the latter , Flora soon discovered that her illness was all apocryphal . She chose to lie in her berth all day , where she was fed from the cabin table , and duly dosed with brandy-and-water by the Captain , who did not attempt to conceal his partiality for this worthless woman . At night she was always well enough to get up and dance till after midnight on the deck with the passengers and sailors . Her conduct became a matter of scandal to the whole ship , and Mr. Collins complained of his brother-in-law 's unprincipled behaviour in no measured terms . `` But she 's a bad woman , an infamous woman ! Mrs. Lyndsay .