About eleven at night
I was not a little startled at his vivacity , and endeavoured to alleviate his complaints , by representing the subject of my own , with as much aggravation as it would bear , by which comparison he might see the balance of misfortune lay on my side , and take an example from me of fortitude and submission , till such time as we could procure redress , which I hoped was not far off , considering that we should probably be in a harbour in less than three days , where we should have an opportunity of preferring our complaints to the admiral . The Welshman joined in my remonstrance , and was at great pains to demonstrate that it was every man 's duty as well as interest to resign himself to the divine will , and look upon himself as a sentinel upon duty , who is by no means at liberty to leave his post before he is relieved . Thompson listened attentively to what he said , and at last , shedding a flood of tears , shook his hand , and left us without making any reply . About eleven at night he came to see us again with a settled gloom on his countenance , and gave us to understand that he had undergone excessive toil since he saw us , and in recompense had been grossly abused by the doctor , who taxed him with being confederate with us , in a design of taking away his life and that of the captain . After some time spent in mutual exhortation , he got up , and squeezing me by the hand with uncommon fervour , cried , `` God bless you both ! '' and left us to wonder at his singular manner of parting with us , which did not fail to make a deep impression on us both . Next morning , when the hour of visitation came round , the unhappy young man was missing , and , after strict search , supposed to have gone overboard in the night ; and this was certainly the case .