midnight
Miss Armytage , caring very little for his thought , was occupied an instant with saying something in a low tone to Jay , which gradually brightened the small countenance again . Robert caught the words , ` Our dear Saviour . ' They reminded him of his mother . Captain Armytage was correct in his prediction : before midnight a fierce north-easter was raging on the sea . The single beneficial result was , that it fairly cured all maladies but terror ; for , after clinging to their berths during some hours with every muscle of their bodies , lest they should be swung off and smashed in the lurches of the vessel , the passengers arose next morning well and hungry . ` I spind the night on me head , mostly , ' said Andy Callaghan . ` Troth , I never knew before how the flies managed to walk on the ceilin ' back downwards ; but a thrifle more o ' practice would tache it to meself , for half me time the floor was above at the rafters over me head .