eleven o'clock
Did you notice it ? '' `` Yes , '' answered Lady Olivia ; `` fortunately I thought of that . He was steering due east when he released me ; and so soon as I got down into Ida 's cabin I took the little aneroid with the compass at its back that hangs there and set it on the table , so that I could watch it . It was just eleven o'clock , by the clock in the pilot-house , when we passed out through the reef ; and at twelve o'clock he altered his course to north-east-by-east , which is the course that he is steering at present . '' `` Thanks , very much . That will do excellently . Please keep an eye on that compass , and let us know if he makes any further alterations , '' said Mildmay ; and when he had received Lady Olivia 's answer , he handed back the telephone to Sir Reginald and , drawing a pencil from one pocket , and his watch from the other , made a brief note on one of his cuffs .