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Then there was a barrel of oil for the lamps , coils of spare rope of different sizes , and a number of articles of whose use William Gale had not the most remote idea . After two hours ' work , the skipper looked at his watch . `` Time to knock off work , '' he said , `` and we 've got pretty near everything on board . Now , be sure you are all here by six in the morning . Tide will begin to run out at eight , and I do n't want to lose any of it . `` Bill , you are to come home with me , for the night . '' It was but a hundred yards to the sailor 's cottage , which stood on the edge of the sharp rise , a short distance back from the river .