midnight
`` What thinkest thou of yonder ship , Lambstail ? '' `` I think this , lord : that she is fashioned wondrous like to the Gudruda . '' `` That is in my mind also , '' said Eric , `` and our fortune is good if it is she . '' They rowed on again , and presently a ray from the sun came over the hills -- for now it was three hours past midnight -- and , the ship having swung a little with the tide , lit upon her prow , and lo ! there gleamed the golden dragon of the Gudruda . `` This is a strange thing , '' said Eric . `` Ay , lord , a strange and a merry , for now I shall talk with Hall the mate , '' and the Baresark smiled grimly .