two o'clock
`` Let me know when you are ready . I am an excellent cook , '' he said . Then the captain of the _ Kansas _ resumed his smoking and humming , with occasional glances at the clock , and the compass , and the barometer . At two o'clock he felt the ship slipping from under the wheel . The compass showed that she was heading a couple of points eastward . He helped her , and telephoned instantly to Walker : `` Go forward and try if you can make out anything . Report to me here . ''