midnight
They both were , sooner , and in stranger ways than either of the boys expected . That night it was Jack 's first watch on deck . The ship was speeding on , and by the air the boy knew they were approaching icebergs . At midnight a strange and sudden chill in the air made him look up . Almost dead ahead was a big berg . He quickly shut off the engine , and narrowly avoided a collision . Then happening to glance back he saw , standing near the companionway leading down into the man-hole a ghostly white shape .