About midnight
`` Mr. Wyatt , '' the owner sternly accosted the captain . `` When can we get off ? '' `` Oh ! About midnight , '' Audrey answered quickly , before Mr. Wyatt could compose his lips . The men gazed at each other surprised by this show of technical knowledge in a young widow . By the time Mr. Wyatt had replied , Audrey was descending into the saloon . It was Aguilar who , having ascertained the _ Ariadne 's _ draught , had made the calculation as to the earliest possible hour of departure .