three o'clock
While they were absent Lawry and all hands had their dinner , the cabins and the deck were swept , and everything put in order . Quite a number of people visited the little steamer while she lay at the pier ; and a gentleman engaged her to take out a party the next Saturday , with dinner for twenty-four persons . When Mr. Sherwood returned , he had let her for another day . At three o'clock the _ Woodville _ started for Port Rock . The party were still in high spirits , and the singing was resumed when the wheels began to turn . On the way down , she stopped at Ticonderoga , while her appearance so delighted a party of pleasure-seekers that she was engaged for another day , and a dinner for twenty spoken for . `` Lawry , you must have an engagement-book , or you will forget some of your parties , '' said Mr. Sherwood , who stood by the pilot , in the wheel-house , when the steamer started .