the hour of eight in the morning
Five days later we dropped anchor at Callao . This historic old port delighted Le Mire at once . I had told her something of its story : its successive bombardments by the liberators from Chile , the Spanish squadron , buccaneering expeditions from Europe and the Chilean invaders ; not to mention earthquakes and tidal waves . We moored alongside the stone pier by the lighthouse ; the old clock at its top pointed to the hour of eight in the morning . But as soon as Le Mire found out that Lima was but a few miles away , Callao no longer held any interest for her . We took an afternoon train and arrived at the capital in time for dinner . There it was , in picturesque old Lima , that Le Mire topped her career .