three o'clock in
the morning
Here is an order by which you can obtain all the aid you require from the dockyard people and others . Good-bye ; I hope to see you back shortly . '' With these words I parted from the admiral . It was now three o'clock in the morning . Hurrying on board the flag-ship , I got hold of Grampus and Rockets with their bags , and accompanied by them and a couple of more hands and a boy , I called for my own traps and bedding on board the Camel , and then went alongside the Dolphin tender . She looked certainly in a very hopeless condition . She had her lower-masts standing , but was entirely unrigged , without stores or sails , or even ballast on board , while her bottom was covered with grass a foot at least in length .