ten
o'clock
A light air from the southward , which lasted from eight to nine o'clock , allowed the frigate to get somewhat more of an offing the while , placing her seemingly beyond the reach of danger . During the prevalence of the light air mentioned , Raoul Yvard did not see fit to stir tack or sheet , as it is termed among seamen . Le Feu-Follet remained so stationary that , had she been by compass from any station on the shore , her direction would not have varied a degree the whole time . But this hour of comparative breeze sufficed to enable Winchester to get out of the harbor with la Divina Providenza , the felucca he had hired , and to round the promontory , under the seeming protection of the guns by which it was crowned ; coming in view of the lugger precisely as the latter relieved her man at the helm for ten o'clock . There were eight or nine men visible on the felucca 's deck , all dressed in the guise of Italians , with caps and striped shirts of cotton . Thirty-five men were concealed in the hold . Thus far everything was favorable to the wishes of Captain Cuffe and his followers .