midnight
` But the lugger ? ' said I. '' ` Oh , Phil Doolan , at the Cove , has a craft that has landed as many cargoes as there are planks in her hull . Besides , he has stowage for a fleet of East Indiamen . ' '' ` Well , gentlemen , '' said I , ` the chaplain , One-eyed Dick , and myself , will be at Phil Doolan 's to-morrow at midnight ; do you agree to meet us there ? ' `` This question was answered by a universal ` Yes ; ' and by way of clenching the affair , I ordered a couple of gallons of the stiffest potheen in the house . This was received with three cheers , and before I left the ` Molly ' every man-jack of them had disappeared under the table . Dan himself , however , kept tolerably sober , and promised , on account of his friendship for One-eyed Dick , to have the whole kit safe at Phil Doolan 's by twelve o'clock next night , and with this assurance I made my exit from the premises , and steered for the ` George and Dragon . '