ten o’clock
He knew that his own movements were watched . He was followed from the house to Pleaskin Head by two yeomen . As he lay on the cliffs he saw them a few hundred yards inland keeping guard on him . At ten o'clock he caught sight of the topsails of a ship far east , beyond the blue outline of the Rathlin hills . The wind , very feeble at dawn , was freshening slightly . The lower sails of the vessel rose slowly into view . Maurice guessed her to be a brig -- to be the brig he looked for .