two o'clock in the morning
Finally , he thought that the _ Industry _ could stand a little more sail . `` Call all hands , '' he said to the mate , `` and get sail on her , little by little . We do n't want to loaf around here . '' It was two o'clock in the morning , and the mate thought that the sailors would grumble ; but he did n't care . `` Aye , aye , sir , '' he said . And he called all hands , and they came up on deck , grumbling at the captain for routing them up at that time , to make sail , when it was blowing hard enough , anyway . But the mate pretended not to hear them , and he ordered some of the sailors aloft .