midnight
The little captain did not retire that night ; he `` planked the deck , '' and watched the weather . It was a seven hours ' run to Burlington , and the `` trot '' was to come off at nine o'clock in the forenoon . He still hoped that he should be able to satisfy his unreasonable party . At midnight the wind chopped round to the westward , and blew the fog over . At one o'clock the _ Woodville _ was going up the river at full speed . At three o'clock she came up with the steamer which had started from St. Johns four hours before , hard and fast aground . She hailed the little _ Woodville _ , and requested assistance .