ten minutes
past one
During the day we steamed slowly along , a bright lookout being kept by the men at the foremast-head for suspicious steamers . After dinner at eight bells -LRB- 12 o'clock -RRB- , the smoking lamp , which hangs near the scuttle butt aft , was kept lighted about fifteen minutes . Smoking is allowed aboard only when the smoking lamp is lighted , and as `` Hay '' was wont to say , it was lighted `` when you did not want to smoke . '' At ten minutes past one `` turn to '' was piped by the boatswain 's mates , followed by the call for sweepers . Then came the order , `` Stand by your scrub and wash clothes . '' So the `` Kid '' and I hastened forward , both anxious to see if our initial clothes-washing venture was a success . We had depended on the sun to bleach our much be-scrubbed clothes , but -- well -- I would have left them where they were if I could .