about midnight
A spidery man and very dangerous . _ March 7 . _ A strange and tragic affair last night . The heat being severe , I left my tent about midnight and went down to the dock where my little sailboat lay , with the object of cooling myself on the water . There was a hot land breeze ; I sailed out into the bay and cruised north along the coves which I have wired . As I rounded a little rocky point I was surprised to see in the moonlight , very near , a steam yacht at anchor , carrying no lights . The longer I looked at her the more certain I became that I was gazing at the Imperial yacht .