ten o'clock
The disturbed Stashia became somewhat calm . Eventually she laughed hysterically at the Captain 's arguments , and in the end she compromised . Not by day would she enter the dory wagon , but late in the evening she would swallow her pride and go , just to please the Captain . Thus it was that soon after ten o'clock , when the village folks had laughed their fill and gone away , the new Mrs. Bean climbed the step-ladder , bestowed herself unhandily on the midship thwart and , with Lank on lookout in the bow , and Captain Bean handling the reins from the stern sheets , the honeymoon chariot got under way . By the time they reached the Shell Road the gait of the dejected Barnacles had dwindled to a deliberate walk which all of Lank 's urgings could not hasten . It was a soft July night with a brisk offshore breeze and the moon had come up out of the sea to silver the highway and lay a strip of milk-white carpet over the waves . `` Ahoy there , Lank ! ''