three
o'clock
`` There must be others saved as well as myself , '' he thought , when he was able to think at all coherently . `` At least , let me keep myself up till daylight . One may see some way of escape then . '' It had been three o'clock when the ship struck . He had remembered to look at his watch when he was first aroused . Would his strength last out till morning ? If his safety had depended entirely on his swimming powers he would have been , indeed in evil case .