about six
o'clock in the evening
The result of this manoeuvre is that the _ Ebba _ slants away from the cruiser , whose course does not vary . Why should this warship cause a pleasure-yacht to turn out of its way ? I have no idea . But the _ Ebba _ behaves in a very different manner when about six o'clock in the evening a second ship comes in sight on the port bow . This time , instead of seeking to avoid her , Captain Spade signals an order by means of the apparatus above referred to , and resumes his course to the east -- which will bring him close to the said ship . An hour later , the two vessels are only about four miles from each other . The wind has dropped completely .