midday
He really believed only in God , though he did not know it . And in his inverted theology God was really the Prince of Darkness . Captain Cullen was a devil-worshipper , but he called the devil by another name , that was all . At midday , after calling eight bells , Captain Cullen ordered the royals on . The men went aloft faster than they had gone in weeks . Not alone were they nimble because of the westing , but a benignant sun was shining down and limbering their stiff bodies . George Dorety stood aft , near Captain Cullen , less bundled in clothes than usual , soaking in the grateful warmth as he watched the scene .