one o'clock
I wonder that you are not ashamed to behave in this unmanly way , especially before ladies , too . If you _ ca n't _ keep quiet , you know , we shall have to put you on deck , where I fancy you would get something worth howling about . '' This threat had the desired effect ; Mr Dale subsided into silence , and the rest of the party at once , in low cautious tones , began an interchange of ideas which lasted a long time but brought forth no very satisfactory result ; the council finding itself at the close of the discussion pretty much where it was at the commencement . At one o'clock a thoroughly substantial dinner was served to them , followed by tea at six in the evening , at both of which meals the pirate captain did the honours with a manifest desire to evince a friendly disposition toward his guests , and about nine p.m. a quiet and unobtrusive removal from the cabin to their new quarters in the after - hold was effected ; after which most of the party disposed themselves comfortably upon the bedding which they found had been provided for them , and enjoyed a night of thoroughly sound repose , such as they had been strangers to ever since the destruction of the _ Galatea _ . When our friends awoke on the following morning they became aware , by the motion of the ship and the sound of the water gurgling along her sides , that a breeze had sprung up . Most of the gentlemen -- all of them , in fact , except Dale -- went on deck , and , finding the watch busy washing decks , borrowed of them a few buckets with which they gave each other a most hearty and refreshing salt water douche , much to the amusement of the crew . As soon as breakfast was over , Lance , with that cool _ insouciance _ characteristic of the man who has so often found himself environed by perils that he ceases to think of them , went again on deck , with the intention of mingling freely with the pirate crew , and , if possible , placing himself upon such easy terms with them as would give him an opportunity of acquiring whatever information it might be in their power to give .