one o'clock
Hour after hour Paul kept his position at the helm , till the clock in the cabin indicated midnight . The watch on deck had taken turns at the lookout on the bowsprit . No event had occurred to disturb the monotony of the scene , except that they narrowly escaped being run down by a large schooner . The fog had begun to dissipate , and by one o'clock they had passed entirely out of it ; but the wind had increased in violence , and at this time it blew a fresh gale . All hands were called up , and after an hour of hard labor , the jib and mainsail were taken in , and the reefed foresail set . Now , though the wind blew a gale , the Flyaway behaved so well that Paul ventured to send the watch which had served from nine o'clock below . At four o'clock , the yacht having run ten hours to the eastward , the clouds began to disperse , the wind suddenly abated , till it became almost a calm , and there was every appearance of fair weather .