six o'clock
`` I know the boat , sir , '' answered the second mate ; `` and the ship is the Foam . '' `` Let her foam away , then , if she wishes to speak us . Has any one tried her bearings since daylight ? '' `` We set her by the compass at six o'clock , sir , and she has not varied her bearing , as far as from one belaying pin to another , in three hours ; but her hull rises fast : you can now make out her ports , and at daylight the bottom of her courses dipped . '' `` Ay , ay , she is a light-going Foam , then ! If that is the case , she will be alongside of us by night . '' `` In which event , captain , you will be obliged to give him a broadside of Vattel , '' threw in John Effingham , in his cool manner .