About three o'clock
The master and mate ` ave it month an ' month about , sir -- one month afloat , next month ashore ; but it seems to me , sir , that they have ` arder work w ` en ashore than they ` ave w ` en afloat -- lookin ' after the Trinity stores , sir , an ' goin ' off in the tender to shift and paint the buoys an ' such like ; but then you see , sir , w ` en it 's their turn ashore they always gits home to spend the nights with their families , sir , w ` ich is a sort of compensation , as it were , -- that 's where it is , sir . '' `` Humph ! d'you know what time it is slack water out there in the afternoon just now ? '' `` About three o'clock , sir . '' `` Call me at nine to-morrow ; breakfast at half-past ; beefsteaks , coffee , dry toast . Good-night . '' `` Yessir -- good-night , sir -- Number 27 , sir , first floor , left-hand side . ''