ten o’clock in the morning
Meanwhile , to avoid running aground , the Nautilus halted three cable lengths from a strand crowned by superb piles of rocks . The skiff was launched to sea . Two crewmen carrying instruments , the captain , Conseil , and I were on board . It was ten o'clock in the morning . I had n't seen Ned Land . No doubt , in the presence of the South Pole , the Canadian hated having to eat his words . A few strokes of the oar brought the skiff to the sand , where it ran aground .