six o'clock
She had , she supposed , chosen the material and the shape , had , it was likely , tried them on during the hurried days before sailing for Salissa . But she had forgotten what they were like , forgotten that she possessed them . It was a joy to see them spread out before her eyes or actually draped on Kalliope 's slender figure . Neither girl noticed that shortly after six o'clock the _ Ida _ slipped round the corner of the reef and dropped anchor in the harbour . Phillips , standing with Captain Wilson and Gorman on the bridge , scanned the palace steps , the balconies , the windows , and then , with eager eyes , the shores of the bay , for a sight of the Queen . Captain Wilson and Gorman stared with surprise and curiosity at the German steamer . Gorman had no special knowledge of ships , but he recognized that the vessel before his eyes was not an ordinary tramp .