midnight
True to his promise , White , bringing with him a heavy oilskin coat and an armful of blankets , speedily rejoined his comrade , who was by this time shivering in the chill night air . `` Put this on , '' said the young skipper , tendering Cabot the oilskin , `` and then I am going to ask you to stand first watch . I will roll up in these blankets and sleep here on deck , so that you can get me up at a moment 's notice . You want to wake me at midnight , anyhow , when I will take the morning watch . '' `` Very well , '' agreed Cabot resignedly . `` I suppose you know what is best to be done , but it seems to me that we are arranging for a very lonesome cruise on regular Box and Cox lines . '' As White had no knowledge of Box and Cox he did not reply to this grumble , but , rolling up in his blankets until he resembled a huge cocoon , almost instantly dropped asleep .