about one o'clock
` What a time they must be having out at sea ! ' I said to myself . I went to the window , and putting out my candle , I tried to see out into the darkness ; but I could distinguish nothing whatever , so black was the sky and so tremendous was the rain . It must have been about one o'clock that I heard a step on the stairs . I opened my door and went out . It was Polly . ` How is he , Polly ? '