three o'clock
`` Very well , thank you , father . Is there anything new ? '' At this question , apparently so simple , the lieutenant drew himself up , raised his hand to his hat , and answered deferentially -- `` Captain , there is nothing new on board . I tacked at three o'clock , and , according to your orders , we have been sailing as close to the wind as we could , at a rate of six three-quarter knots an hour , under foretop sails , and always keeping Galveston Point on the larboard quarter . '' `` That is well , '' the Captain answered , as he took a glance at the compass and the sails . In all matters connected with duty , Master Lovel , in spite of the reiterated remarks of his Chief , constantly maintained toward the latter the tone and manner of a subordinate to his superior . The Captain , seeing that the old sailor could not be turned from this , ended by paying no attention to it , and left him free to speak as he thought proper .