two in the morning
There are plenty of good English sailors who are willing to fight on either side if there is a good showing for prize-money ; and I have no doubt I shall capture a dozen vessels before we reach the Bermudas , which will fully satisfy them , especially as the government will pay the value of all vessels we are compelled to burn on the high seas . '' `` You will have the advantage over everything that floats , for I was told that the Bellevite made twenty knots an hour , and had done twenty-two , '' said Major Pierson . `` At what time do you think you will get on board of the steamer ? '' `` By one or two in the morning , I hope ; but it will depend upon the steamer Haslett engages , though he told me he had bargained for an old one with a walking-beam ; but that will answer our purpose . I believe he had to buy her , though she was of no great value . '' At a creek which appeared to be the rendezvous of the conspirators , the boat left the river ; but there was no steamer , though quite a number of men had gathered there . Leaving the party in the boat to follow out the remaining details of their enterprise , which , by this time , in the absence of anything like an obstacle , they regarded as so many mere formalities , it becomes necessary to make another visit to the mansion of Captain Passford .