seven in the morning
It is out of speaking distance from the fort , too -- another piece of luck for us . I shall think things over in the night , Hossain ; be sure to wake me , if I am not awake , at least a gharri -LCB- half an hour -RCB- before dawn . '' It was the first of January , 1757 . At half-past seven in the morning a heavily-laden petala was making its way slowly against the tide down the Hugli . Four men were on board ; two were rowing , one was at the helm , the fourth stood looking intently before him . The boat had passed several vessels lying opposite Tanna Fort , at various distances from the bank , and came abreast of the last but one . There the rowers ceased pulling at an order from the man standing , who put his hand to his mouth and hailed the sloop .