four o'clock
About two weeks after our arrival at Bombay the Governor notified me that the Company 's ship _ Lavinia _ was about quitting her anchorage , and that he had secured a berth to England in her for me . I was very well pleased that the Governor had hit upon this one ship of all others in the Company 's service , for her commander , Captain Croker , was an old and well-tried friend of mine , and one with whom it would be more pleasing to be consociated at a time of such extreme ill fortune as I was then suffering under . I went aboard her at once , and was most kindly received by Captain Croker , whom I found had had a very comfortable berth fitted up for me , and had arranged all things to make my voyage as pleasant as possible . The day after I came aboard , wind and tide being fair , and Captain Croker having received his orders , we hoisted anchor and sailed out of the harbor , and by four o'clock had dropped the land astern . During the first part of that voyage , before I had contrived to leave the _ Lavinia _ , of which I shall hereafter tell , my mind was constantly and continually filled with my troubles , so that they were the first thing which I remembered in the morning , and the last thing which I forgot before I fell asleep . But that which puzzled me more than anything else was to account for the mysterious manner in which the Rose of Paradise had been spirited away from the iron despatch-box , and what had become of it after it had passed from Mr. White 's possession . Of this I thought and pondered until my brain grew weary .