midnight
The danger was over . Another week passed ; and there was no longer any room to doubt that I _ was _ moving , and in the right direction . At the pole , there was never a breath of wind ; but now it blew quite strong . The compass began to show signs of vitality ; and , at midnight , I could see some of the brightest of the stars . The sun dropped nearer and nearer the horizon every evening , and it was growing uncomfortably warm at mid-day . As I was now getting some information from the sun as to the points of the compass , I set up a vane on the deck , in order to find out , from day to day , the direction of the wind . This put another idea into my head .