nine o’clock
Heideck looked round . The smack had put to in a little bay , where the water was quiet . The village of Breskens and the little watering-place , Kadzand , were both so near that the lighted windows could be seen . It was nine o'clock -- rather late for the business which Maaning Brandelaar intended to transact at Breskens . Heideck sent the marines on deck with orders to see that no one left the ship before the captain returned . He then ordered a lantern to be lighted to examine below . It was a long time before the lantern was ready , and it burned so dully that Heideck preferred to use the electric lamp which he always carried with him as well as his revolver .