about seven in the morning
-- Captain Corbet defiant . -- The Revenue Officials frowned down . -- Corbet triumphant . The Antelope had left the wharf at about seven in the morning . It was now one o'clock . For the last two or three hours there had been but little wind , and it was the tide which had carried her along . Drifting on in this way , they had come to within a mile of Ile Haute , and had an opportunity of inspecting the place which Tom had declared to be so gloomy .