about eight o'clock
`` What are you going to do with those pea-jackets ? '' asked De Forrest , when he saw their extra clothing . `` It 's rather chilly up here in the evening , and we thought we might want them , while we were waiting , '' replied Sanford . `` I do n't think it is very cold , and as to the evening , the sun do n't set till about eight o'clock , '' added the officer , as he went aft to the professors who were going on shore , and reported that the boat was ready ; for it had already been lowered into the water , and made fast to the swinging boom . Her crew went over the side , and seated themselves in the cutter . `` Ready ! '' said the coxswain , as the stern-sheets of the barge ranged alongside the little stage at the foot of the ladder .