midnight
`` GONE ! GONE ! '' Soon the ship was battling a heavy squall . At midnight all quiet again , and hove to . Then , at the request of many , the bell was tolled , and the ship 's company mustered bareheaded , and many a stout seaman in tears , as the last service was read for Christopher Staines . Rosa fell ill with grief at the hotel , and could not move for some days ; but the moment she was strong enough , she insisted on leaving Plymouth : like all wounded things , she must drag herself home . But what a home !