two o'clock
`` Go , James , '' said he to the young Captain , `` go quickly , and come back quicker still ; above all , do n't abuse your position . Sell at a good price , make a good bargain , and you will have your uncle 's esteem . '' On this recommendation , borrowed from the manual of the perfect merchant , the uncle and nephew separated , and all the visitors left the boat . At this moment Crockston and John Stiggs stood together on the forecastle , while the former remarked to his nephew , `` This is well , this is well ; before two o'clock we shall be at sea , and I have a good opinion of a voyage which begins like this . '' For reply the novice pressed Crockston 's hand . James Playfair then gave the orders for departure . `` Have we pressure on ? ''