one o'clock
We were all dead , and we have undeservedly been granted a second life . '' Shortly before ten o'clock , Captain Butor entered the dining-room , shook hands with the gentlemen , asked how they had slept , and told them that all night the men on the bridge had redoubled their vigilance on the chance of discovering more survivors of the _ Roland _ . Since the wind was still from the northwest , it was possible that the _ Hamburg _ might chance on the wreck , in case it had not sunk . `` As a matter of fact , '' he said , `` we did sight a derelict at one o'clock , but there were absolutely no persons aboard . It was an older wreck and a sailing vessel , not a steamer . '' `` Perhaps it was the _ Roland 's _ murderer , '' said Doctor Wilhelm . The captain asked the two physicians to come to the chart-room where they and the sailors of the _ Roland _ , who were already awaiting him , were to give him the vouchers he needed for his brief report to be submitted to his company 's agent in New York in regard to the picking up of the castaways .