ten in the morning
Your fortune , already on the road to success , behold it forever assured ; this good success delights me the more that the king regards this affair as important . Once more , bravo ! '' Chemerant with a light and joyful heart slept , cradled by the most pleasing and ambitious thoughts . It was half-past ten in the morning ; the wind was fresh , the sea a little rough , but very beautiful ; the Thunderer left behind her a shining wake . The land was no longer to be seen . The ship was in mid-ocean . The officer of the watch , armed with a glass , examined with attention a three-masted vessel about two cannon shots distant , which kept precisely the same route as the frigate and sailed as quickly as she did , although carrying a few light sails the less .