About nine o'clock
It is cloudy , and it looks as though we might have a fog , for they often come up after dark when the wind is as it is now . '' `` What time shall you come about ? '' asked Corny , apparently from curiosity rather than any especial interest in the navigation of the steamer . `` About nine o'clock ; perhaps sooner . Byron will have the deck from eight bells for the first watch ; I hope and expect Flint will turn in at that time , for he will have the mid-watch . It might be a little awkward if he happens to be on deck when we change our course from east to west . '' Christy did not believe that the second lieutenant would turn in at the time indicated , though he might make a pretence of doing so , and shut himself up in his stateroom .