twelve o'clock
But I must say it seems a leetle too bad to have the fog go on this way . If this here had ony happened a fortnight ago , we 'd have had clear weather an fair winds . It 's too bad , I declar . '' They took advantage of the next tide to go down still farther , and by twelve o'clock on Monday night they were far down . Since leaving St. John they had seen nothing whatever , but they had heard occasionally the fog horns of wandering schooners , and once they had listened to the yell of a steamer 's whistle . `` I 've allus said , '' remarked Captain Corbet , `` that in navigatin this here bay , tides is more important than winds , and anchors is more important than sails . That 's odd to seafarin men that ai n't acquainted with these waters , but it air a oncontrovartible fact .