midnight
Keep out of the way of the smugglers , Tom ; do n't let them even clap eyes on you . Kiss me , my son ; I am proud of you . '' Little Tom long remembered this ; and his mother cried over it hundreds of times . Although it was getting on for midnight now , Master Gristhorp and his wife came out into the road before their house , to see the departure of their guests . And this they could do well , because the moon had cleared all the fog away , and was standing in a good part of the sky for throwing clear light upon Filey . Along the uncovered ridge of shore , which served for a road , and was better than a road , the boy and the pony grew smaller ; while upon the silvery sea the same thing happened to the pinnace , with her white sails bending , and her six oars glistening . `` The world goeth up , and the world goeth down , '' said the lady , with her arms akimbo ; `` and the moon goeth over the whole of us , John ; but to my heart I do pity poor folk as canna count the time to have the sniff of their own blankets . ''