about midnight
This we did , suffering much from hunger and thirst , as well as being confined so long in one position . As my knee was quite well , I now took off the bandage , and hung my diamond round my neck as before . I could not help feeling a satisfaction , when I thought that the thief of a captain little imagined what a mine of wealth he was losing when he turned me adrift . It was about midnight when the tide ceased to flow , and we then agreed to land , and the question then was , whether we should separate or keep together . After some discussion , we agreed to separate in twos , and the Portuguese captain and I agreed to keep each other company . We first pushed the boat into the stream , that she might drift away , and then , shaking each other by the hand and bidding adieu , we all started in different directions . For some time the captain and I threaded the woods in silence , when we were stopped by a stream of deep water , with such high banks , that in the dark we did not know how to cross it .