midnight
`` Alas ! sir , when I was lighting the fuses on board the _ Swallow _ , I let it fall in my haste , and it is -- in exactly the same place as are all your worship 's worthy comrades who were on board that ship . I believe , however , that if you will put yourself under my guidance I could show your Excellency the spot , and this , as I do not want to be killed , I should be most happy to do . '' `` Good , simple man , '' said Ramiro with a little laugh , `` how charming is the prospect that you paint of a midnight row with you upon those lonely waters ; the tarantula and the butterfly arm in arm ! Mynheer van Goorl , what have you to say ? '' `` Only that the story told by Martin here is true . I do not know where the money is , as I was not present at its sinking , and the paper has been lost . ''