midnight
Yeo shook his head . `` There are plenty more towns along the coast more worth trying than this , sir : but Heaven 's will be done ! '' And as they spoke , the sun plunged into the sea , and all was dark . At last it was agreed to anchor , and wait till midnight . If the ships of war came out , they were to try to run in past them , and , desperate as the attempt might be , attempt their original plan of landing to the westward of the town , taking it in flank , plundering the government storehouses , which they saw close to the landing-place , and then fighting their way back to their boats , and out of the roadstead . Two hours would suffice if the armada and the galleys were but once out of the way . Amyas went forward , called the men together , and told them the plan .