midnight
The weather was delightful , the birds were singing , all was pleasure . We forgot that it was a long way and a rough road to Nyborg . We reached that place towards evening . The post did not arrive till midnight , and until it came the packet could not sail . At length we went on board . Before us lay the wide waters , as far as the eye could see , and it was a dead calm . We lay down in our clothes and slept .