nine o’clock
If it is the _ Tiger _ , I reckon she is making for this spot , and we can wait till the afternoon anyhow before we take to the canoe . If it is only a chance ship , and we find she is bearing a course that brings her anywhere near us , we must take to the canoe at once . I should say she is a good five-and-twenty miles away , but anyhow we can get out to her before the evening breeze springs up . '' By nine o'clock they made out that the ship was certainly heading in their direction . Then the wind left her , and presently they saw her swing broadside on to them . `` She is very like the _ Tiger _ , '' Joyce said . `` She is just about the same size and barque-rigged , but we can not see her hull . ''