nearly one o'clock
said Francisco . ` I have made up my mind to do a bold thing . I will run down to the frigate , as if for shelter ; tell him that the other vessel is a pirate , and claim his protection . Leave me to escape afterwards ; the moon will not rise till nearly one o'clock . ' ` That will be a bold ruse indeed ; but suppose you are once under her broadside , and she suspects you ? ' ` Then I will show her my heels . I should care nothing for her and her broadside if the schooner was not here . '