eight o'clock
`` And , while you 're doing that , I 'm going below for another look at the little leak . '' Jack ran the `` Hastings '' the first few miles of her homeward course . Then he called Eph Somers to the wheel and went below to relax . It was well on toward eight o'clock when the `` Hastings '' ran into the little harbor at Dunhaven and made moorings . The night watchman of the yard rowed out to meet them , bringing the news that Mr. Farnum , in the `` Benson , '' had picked up the crew of the `` Mary Bond '' from two small boats at sea . There was a light in the office , so Jack 's party went inside . There they found Jacob Farnum at his desk , putting the finishing touches to a telegram .