two o'clock
`` You had best dip that bucket overboard and have a wash ; you will feel better after it . Now , boy , slip down and get your fire going ; we shall be ready for breakfast as soon as it is ready for us . '' Cyril soused his head with the cold water , and felt , as the captain had said , all the better for it , for the air in the little cabin was close and stuffy , and he had felt hot and feverish before his wash . `` The wind died out , you see , '' the captain said , `` and we had to anchor when tide turned at two o'clock . There is a dark line behind us , and as soon as the wind reaches us , we will up anchor . The force of the tide is spent . '' The wind , however , continued very light , and the vessel did little more than drift with the tide , and when it turned at two o'clock they had to drop anchor again close under some high land , on the top of which stood a lofty tower .