About five o'clock
`` Lovely weather , '' said the mother , settling herself in her chair and putting down her work ready for a chat . `` I hope the wind lasts ; we start to-morrow morning 's tide . You 'll get off this afternoon , I s ` pose . '' `` About five o'clock , '' said the mate . `` I should like to try a steamer for a change , '' said the mother , and waxed garrulous on sailing craft generally , and her own in particular . `` There 's five of us down there , with my husband and the two boys , '' said she , indicating the cabin with her thumb ; `` naturally it gets rather stuffy . '' The mate sighed .