midnight
But he said : `` No , not very . '' There were real waves on the Wecanicut side of the Monster now , and the wind was still blowing from that direction harder than ever . Now and then a drop of spray would flick my cheek , and I think the sound of the wind around the rock was really more horrid than the noise the water made . It seemed like midnight , but it was really quite early in the evening , when Jerry saw the lights bobbing along the shore of Wecanicut . They were lanterns , two of them , and they stopped quite often , as if the people were looking for something . For a minute I could n't even move . Then I scrambled and slid after Jerry to the place on the Monster that most nearly faced the Wecanicut point .