midnight
The man who guided it yielded to his earnest request , took him in , and immediately set sail . At the approach of night , Jussuf thought they would have landed ; but the man informed him , to his great joy , that the moon would shine clearly , and favour their voyage . They let the ship float down , and only guided it with a rudder now and then , when they saw a rock or a dangerous place stand out of the water . At midnight Jussuf made the man understand that he would guide the rudder . He gave it up readily , and lay down to sleep . He sat alone in the stillness of night at the helm , and thought over the events of the last few days . All passed distinctly before his mind .