two in the afternoon
At eleven o'clock a trooper arrived at Government House with intelligence that one of the vessels appeared under British colours , and the other was flying a Union Jack triumphant over a Dutch Jack . Following this message there soon came another , bringing the certain intelligence that one of the ships was an English whaler bringing into port her Batavian prize . So on receipt of this news , and just as the word to march was about to be given , the officer in command ordered his force to return to barracks . At two in the afternoon , with the whole of the settlement agog with excitement , the two vessels sailed slowly up the harbour before a light northeast breeze , and came to anchor in Sydney Cove , close to the _ Investigator , _ on board of which ship the Governor and a number of naval officers awaited their arrival . For once discipline was relaxed , and Captain King had good-naturedly permitted the townspeople to throng on board to learn all the news about the _ Policy 's _ prize . As Captain Foster made his way to the quarter-deck , he saw that behind the Governor and his staff were Dolly and her parents and several ladies . In a very few minutes he made his report , and the Governor again shook his hand warmly ; but the look in Dolly 's eyes and the pressure of her hand were the young seaman 's sweetest reward , for it told him that she had surrendered .