about midnight
But we were the best of friends , and he intended to come with us when we sailed . '' `` When did you see him last ? '' `` On the night before the body was found -- that is , last Monday . He had been dining on the yacht , and we put him ashore about midnight . He said as we were rowing him ashore that he intended to walk home along the sands as the tide was out . He went up the stone steps by the watch-house , and turned at the top to wish us good-night . That was the last time I saw him alive . ''