midnight
In a few moments her bows were shut from sight by the old fort at the Gate . Then her red light vanished , then the mainmast . She was gone . By midnight she would be out of sight of land , rolling on the swell of the lonely ocean under the moon 's white eye . Condy and Blix sat quiet and without speech , not caring to break the charm of the evening . For quite five minutes they sat thus , watching the stars light one by one , and the immense gray night settle and broaden and widen from mountain-top to horizon . They did not feel the necessity of making conversation .