nearly midnight
asked Patty . Muriel consulted the little watch which she wore in a strap on her wrist . `` Exactly six o'clock , '' she replied . `` Then it will be high tide about eight or nine , I suppose , and I do n't think it will be low again until nearly midnight , or early in the morning . '' `` How dreadful ! Wo n't anybody come to fetch us off ? '' `` I do n't see how they could reach us .