midnight
T was an awful night ye chose , Janet . Wind off sea , an ' howlin ' like mad . Sleet an ' rain minglin ' , an ' porridge ice slammin ' ont ' shore ! Billy had the midnight patrol , an ' fore he started out , he ` ranged that we should keep one eye out toward his cottage , -- I happened t ' be on that night , -- an ' if we saw a light in the lean-to winder , I was t ' rouse Mrs. Jo G. ` Long ` bout two , I saw the light , an ' I made tracks for Mrs. Jo G. 's . The wind almost knocked us down as we set out for Billy 's . I waited in the lean-to , an ' Mrs. Jo G. she went int ' the bedroom . '' `` Go on , Cap'n Davy .