three o'clock
At about ten o'clock , a.m. , Paul sighted something in the distance . He called to Mrs. Godfrey to look in the direction of his hand , which he was pointing over the port bow . She could see nothing , but she headed the sloop in the direction that Paul gave , and in an hour 's time had the satisfaction of seeing what she supposed to be the outline of rocks or land . She kept the vessel headed in toward what she supposed to be land , and at three o'clock called her husband on deck . The Captain judged his vessel to be on the east coast of Nova Scotia . Margaret called her children around her , and asked Paul to sit down with them . She opened the old service book and read a portion of scripture .