three o'clock
The steersman , humbled , shrunk away to take part in the duties forward . The Guernsey man said : `` That will save us . '' The vessel was still making way rapidly . Towards three o'clock , the lower part of the fog began to clear , and they could see the sea again . A mist can only be dispersed by the sun or the wind . By the sun is well ; by the wind is not so well . At three o'clock in the afternoon , in the month of February , the sun is always weak .