ten o'clock
Levi determined to sail as soon as the examination of Dock Vincent was finished . He engaged three extra hands , and put provisions and water enough on board to meet any emergency , in case the cruise should be unexpectedly prolonged . He was confident that his plan could not fail ; and if Constable Cooke had not been unfit for a place of trust , probably it would not have failed , either in whole or in part . Mr. Fairfield was arrested , and at ten o'clock both he and Dock were arraigned for examination . The old man was dreadfully alarmed . With the arrest of Dock his fondest hopes had gone out in darkness . Not only was the rich reward he had been promised forever lost , but his neighbor 's note for ten thousand dollars was not worth the paper on which it was written .