nine o'clock in the evening
He watched at the port while boat load after boat load of sick came ashore , until at last one containing the surviving officers and gentlemen with their baggage reached the land . Then he kept Gerald Burke in sight until he entered an inn , followed by two men carrying his baggage . Several times during the day food and money were offered him , the inhabitants being full of horror and pity at the sight of the famishing survivors of the crew of the galleon . At nine o'clock in the evening Geoffrey took up his station near the door of the inn . A few minutes later Gerald Burke came out with a bundle . `` Here are the clothes , '' he said . `` I have hired horses for our journey to Madrid .