Quotation from: The Arrow of Gold

Written by: Joseph Conrad

"Oh, yes, I am wonderfully lucky. Unless the luck really is yours-
-in having found somebody like me, who cares at the same time so
much and so little for what you have at heart."

"What time will you be leaving the harbour?" she asked.

"Some time between midnight and daybreak. Our men may be a little
late in joining, but certainly we will be gone before the first
streak of light."