six o'clock
`` He be d -- , '' said my skipper ; `` to my certain knowledge , three launch loads of dead bodies were taken out of her , and carried to the hospital for interment . '' As the boat touched the landing-place , this accomplished liar had time to take breath , and , in fact , I was afraid he would have exhausted his stock of lies before dinner , and kept nothing for the dessert . When we landed , he went to his old quarters , at the Star and Garter , and I to the George . I reminded him , at parting , that six o'clock was my hour . `` Never fear me , '' said he . I collected my company previous to his arrival , and told my friends that it was my determination to make him drunk , and that they must assist me , which they promised to do . Having once placed him in that predicament , I was quite sure I should stop his future discourses in favour of temperance .