five o'clock in the afternoon
I told the mate to call all hands , and put on every rag of canvas we could set . Before he had the foretopsail shaken out , the breeze came , though it was very light . By the time the rest of the sails were set , it was blowing lively . It was five o'clock in the afternoon , and we were fairly up with the Tortugas , and at least a mile to the southward of the Islander . If she attempted to get in among the islands , she must run across our course , and less than a mile ahead of the Sylvania . We could easily cut her off . `` She ca n't get in among those islands now without running into us , '' I said , after I had carefully surveyed the situation .