ten o'clock
The mate was himself rowing stroke . `` We did not dare bring any more hands , sir , '' he said . `` There has been such a hubbub on shore for the last hour and a half that we thought it likely that they and the Phantom 's people might be going to attack us . We rowed to the landing at ten o'clock , as you ordered us , but in a short time a party of men came along close to the water , and as soon as they saw us they opened fire on us , and we had to row off sharp . We have been lying off here since . We did not see how you could get down through that lot , but we thought it better to wait . I did think there was just a hope that you might make your way down to the coast somewhere else and come on in a shore boat .