five o'clock
Monotonous calls penetrated from the deck . Then came the loud rattling of the cinders pouring overboard . Frederick looked at his watch . It was five o'clock . So three hours had passed since he had first awakened ! Again , with a clatter and a thunder , a load of ashes slid into the Atlantic Ocean . Was it not the mates of the dead stoker , Zickelmann , who were throwing it overboard ?