five o’clock
Some of the more ill-disposed amongst them seemed inclined to run into excesses ; and their conduct , under the bad influence of Owen and Jynxstrop , made it doubtful whether they would submit to control when once we were limited to the narrow dimensions of the raft . Lieutenant Walter , although his courage never failed him , was worn out with bodily fatigue , and obliged to give up all active labour ; but Curtis and the boatswain were resolute , energetic and firm as ever . To borrow an expression from the language of metallurgic art , they were men `` at the highest degree of hardness . '' At five o'clock one of our companions in misfortune was released from her sufferings . Mrs. Kear , after a most distressing illness , through which her young companion tended her with the most devoted care , has breathed her last . A few deep sighs and all was over , and I doubt whether the sufferer was ever conscious of the peril of , her situation . The night passed on without further incident .