six o'clock
I do n't think we need say any more to nerve our arms and clear our eyes . We fight for all that is most dear to honest men . If we fail , let us at least fail like true seamen who answer ` Here ' when duty has called . '' _ At six o'clock . _ We all dined together at this time in the large dining-room near by Miss Ruth 's boudoir . An odder contrast than that between this fine room below and the still , desolate sea above , no mind could imagine . For , on the one hand , were the insignia of civilization -- luxury , display , the splendid apartment , the well-dressed women , the table decked out with fine linen and silver , the windows showing the sea-depths and all their wondrous quivering life ; on the other hand , the black shapes of night and death , the menace of the boats , the anchored yacht , the darkening skies , the looming island .