one o'clock
The letting being thus arranged , Mr. Pertwee asked me if I had a skipper in my eye . That I had not was also fortunate -- things seemed to be turning out luckily for me all round , -- because Mr. Pertwee felt sure I could not do better than keep on Mr. Goyles , at present in charge -- an excellent skipper , so Mr. Pertwee assured me , a man who knew the sea as a man knows his own wife , and who had never lost a life . It was still early in the day , and the yacht was lying off Harwich . I caught the ten forty-five from Liverpool Street , and by one o'clock was talking to Mr. Goyles on deck . He was a stout man , and had a fatherly way with him . I told him my idea , which was to take the outlying Dutch islands and then creep up to Norway . He said , `` Aye , aye , sir , '' and appeared quite enthusiastic about the trip ; said he should enjoy it himself .