eleven o'clock
Moonlight flooded the sea and the deck . The simplicity and good-fellowship of Judge Breckenridge and his sister had brought all these strangers into a harmony which bridged all distinctions of class or interest and rendered that first night afloat a most happy one for all . Until -- was the moonlight growing clouded ? Did those six strokes of the bell actually mean eleven o'clock ? So late -- and suddenly so -- so -- _ so queer _ ! Even if the little concert had not already ended nobody could have sung just then . `` I guess we 've left the Sound and struck the ocean ; '' remarked one gentleman , in a peculiar tone .