two o'clock in the morning
We at once made our arrangements , allotting two hours for a watch . Not till the third night did my own turn come round . During the day preceding , it was stated at the mess that our poor mess-mate was run down completely ; the surgeon had given him up . At four bells -LRB- two o'clock in the morning -RRB- , I went down to relieve one of my mess-mates at the sick man 's cot . The profound quietude of the calm pervaded the entire frigate through all her decks . The watch on duty were dozing on the carronade-slides , far above the sick-bay ; and the watch below were fast asleep in their hammocks , on the same deck with the invalid . Groping my way under these two hundred sleepers , I en-tered the hospital .