two in the morning
The poor sufferer was completely used up . He had yielded his gross receipts to Neptune , and would , at that particular moment , have mortgaged his prospects in the future to have been able to set foot on terra firma . With some little difficulty Handy and one of the crew succeeded in getting him below and stowed him away in a bunk . The wind increased during the night , and by two in the morning it was blowing a half-gale . The _ Gem _ was trimmed down to close reefs , and all but the crew and Handy had turned in -- but not to sleep . Handy , who was an experienced sailor , remained on deck all night . He was never away from his post .