nine o'clock
I made a very comfortable supper indeed . I managed now to force the cabin door and closed the sliding hatch . Then I warmed the cabin well with the spirit stove , stripped off my wet clothes , and got into dry garments . I went out on deck at nine o'clock , saw that my moorings were fast and the lanterns burning brightly , and then turned in . After the uncertainties of the day and the lack of sleep suffered the night before , I slept as soundly when I now turned in on one of the bunks as ever I did in my own bed at home ! At daybreak -- another drab dawning of the new day -- I was up and climbed the whale for the lantern . In its place I left attached to the upright oar a shirt to flutter in the wind for a signal .