six o'clock
Thus it was settled , off-hand . Jack flushed with delight . Had it been possible for him to be more loyal , or devoted to the interests of the builder , he would have been from that moment . Jack took his own first deck-watch that night , dividing the remaining time up to six o'clock between Hal and Eph . In the morning captain and crew had hardly more than finished breakfast when Jacob Farnum and Mr. Pollard came off from shore in the tender . Both looked highly pleased about something . `` I have n't mentioned anything about this before , '' announced the builder , `` but I 've been pulling some strong wires at Washington for some time .