five o’clock in the morning
He was like a wild animal , which appears stunned at first by its capture , and becomes wild again afterwards . At daybreak the next morning , the 15th of October , the change of weather predicted by Pencroft occurred . The wind having shifted to the northwest favored the return of the `` Bonadventure , '' but at the same time it freshened , which might render navigation more difficult . At five o'clock in the morning the anchor was weighed . Pencroft took a reef in the mainsail , and steered towards the north-east , so as to sail straight for Lincoln Island . The first day of the voyage was not marked by any incident . The prisoner remained quiet in the fore-cabin , and as he had been a sailor it appeared that the motion of the vessel might produce on him a salutary reaction .