three in the afternoon
Then she smiled . `` It must have been the conditions , '' she said ; but I knew she was wrong , and I wondered if she likewise knew . Then the wind came , fair and fresh , and the boat was soon labouring through a heavy sea toward the island . At half-past three in the afternoon we passed the south-western promontory . Not only were we hungry , but we were now suffering from thirst . Our lips were dry and cracked , nor could we longer moisten them with our tongues . Then the wind slowly died down .