eight o'clock
There was no sail visible except this vessel . A little lower , a gatherer of crayfish , preparing his fish wells on the beach which separates Port Soif from the Port Enfer , was puzzled to make out the movements of a vessel between the Boue Corneille and the Moubrette . The man must have been a good pilot , and in great haste to reach some destination to risk his boat there . Just as eight o'clock was striking at the Catel , the tavern-keeper at Cobo Bay observed with astonishment a sail out beyond the Boue du Jardin and the Grunettes , and very near the Susanne and the Western Grunes . Not far from Cobo Bay , upon the solitary point of the Houmet of Vason Bay , two lovers were lingering , hesitating before they parted for the night . The young woman addressed the young man with the words , `` I am not going because I do n't care to stay with you : I 've a great deal to do . '' Their farewell kiss was interrupted by a good sized sailing boat which passed very near them , making for the direction of the Messellettes .