eight o'clock before
`` Eight o'clock ! '' cried Arthur , in horror . `` Yes , eight o'clock . You see we had to come in pooty nigh to the shore , an it 'll be eight o'clock before we 're floated . '' `` And what 'll become of poor Tom ? '' groaned Arthur . `` Wal , '' said the captain , `` do n't look on the wust .