five o'clock
In five minutes , for all the officer 's stamping and morblewing they had the _ Bean Pheasant _ about and were running for the English coast . Now I must go back and tell you what was happening to the _ Unity _ in all this while . About four in the afternoon Cap'n Dick , not liking the look of the weather at all , and knowing that , so long as it lasted , he might whistle for prizes , changed his mind and determined to run back to Polperro , so as to re-ship Cap'n Jacka and the prize crew almost as soon as they arrived . By five o'clock he was well on his way , the _ Unity _ skipping along quite as if she enjoyed it ; and ran before the gale all that night . Towards three in the morning the wind moderated , and by half-past four the gale had blown itself out . Just about then the look-out came to Cap'n Dick , who had turned in for a spell , and reported two ships ' lights , one on each side of them . The chances against their being Frenchmen , out here in this part of the Channel , were about five to two ; so Cap'n Dick cracked on ; and at daybreak -- about a quarter after five -- found himself right slap between the very two frigates that had called Jacka to halt the evening before .