one o'clock
This trifling inconvenience disappeared , however , after a few nights ' experience . We were up and stirring by daybreak next morning , and a few minutes later we might have been seen scudding across the park on our way to a certain rocky pool on the beach , which the commandant had pointed out to us the day before as a place where we might safely venture to indulge in a swim without fear of the sharks . Taking his word for it we plunged in and swam off , until we found ourselves almost among the breakers , then returned to the shore , dressed , and made our way back to the castle , which we reached in good time for breakfast . That meal over we set out for the workshop , Pedro -- the servant who seemed to have been appointed to wait upon us -- informing us as we started that he had orders to have luncheon ready for us by one o'clock . Arrived at the scene of our labours we each selected a suitable block of wood , and whilst Courtenay set to work upon a model of the _ Hermione _ , I , with greater ambition , devoted all my energies to the hewing out of a line-of-battle ship . Thus occupied the time passed swiftly away , and almost before we were aware of it the commandant , who had looked in upon us to see how we were progressing , announced that it was time for us to see about returning to the castle . He walked back with us , chatting most affably all the way ; and on reaching our rooms we found a tailor awaiting us , by his orders , to take our measures for a new outfit of rigging .