twelve o'clock
In their courage and activity they might appear reckless , but in their hearts they acknowledged and bowed unto their God . Before the day was over , a jury-foremast had been got up , and sail having been put upon it , the ship was steered with greater ease and safety -- the main brace had been spliced to cheer up the exhausted crew , and the hammocks were piped down . As Gascoigne had observed , some of the men were not very much pleased to find that they were minus their blankets , but Captain Wilson ordered their losses to be supplied by the purser and expended by the master ; this quite altered the case , as they obtained new blankets in most cases for old ones , but still it was impossible to light the galley fire , and the men sat on their chests and nibbled biscuit . By twelve o'clock that night the gale broke , and more sail was necessarily put on the scudding vessels for the sea still ran fast and mountains high . At daylight the sun burst out and shone brightly on them , the sea went gradually down , the fire was lighted , and Mr Pottyfar , whose hands were again in his pockets , at twelve o'clock gave the welcome order to pipe to dinner . As soon as the men had eaten their dinner , the frigate was once more brought to the wind , her jury-mast forward improved upon , and more sail made upon it . The next morning there was nothing of the gale left except the dire effects which it had produced , the black and riven stump of the foremast still holding up a terrific warning of the power and fury of the elements .