about four o'clock
You can see what havick ' t would make , for ten to one they do n't part again till they have tore each other all to shoestrings ; the yards will get locked together , and the same wind that starts one craft starts both , and first one and then t ` other lifts with a wave , do n't ye see , and the rigging 's spoilt in a little time . I 've sometimes called it to mind when I 've known o ' married couples that was n't getting on . ' T is easy to drift alongside , but no matter if they was bound to the same port they 'd ` a ' done best alone ; '' and the old fellow shook his head solemnly , and was evidently selecting one of his numerous stories for Nan 's edification , when his superior officer came bustling toward them . `` You might as well step down here about four o'clock ; I shall have the keys then . I may want you to hold a lantern for me ; I 'm going into the lower hold and mean to do my work thoroughly , if I do it at all , '' to which Goodsoe responded `` ay , ay , sir , '' in most seamanlike fashion and hobbled off . `` He 'd have kept you there all day , '' whispered Captain Walter . `` He always loved to talk , and now he has nothing else to do ; but we are all friendly to Goodsoe .