about nine at night
A very instructive paragraph might be made about the six-and-thirty pair of breeches , and the patent razors , and the dressing-case , to say nothing of the Rocky Mountains , and the white bears . '' Sir George now began to feel uncomfortable , and making a few unmeaning remarks about the late accident , he disappeared . Captain Truck , who never smiled except at the corner of his left eye , turned away , and began rattling off his people , and throwing in a hint or two to Saunders , with as much indifference as if he were a firm believer in the unfailing orthodoxy of a newspaper , and entertained a profound respect for the editor of the ` Active Inquirer , ' in particular . The prognostic of the master concerning the strange ship proved true , for about nine at night she came within hail , and backed her maintop-sail . This vessel proved to be an American in ballast , bound from Gibraltar to New York ; a return store-ship from the squadron kept in the Mediterranean . She had met the gale to the westward of Madeira , and after holding on as long as possible , had also been compelled to scud . According to the report of her officers , the Foam had run in much closer to the coast than herself , and it was their opinion she was lost .