Twelve o'clock
Surely it must be later . It was past eight before we began dinner , and we have been sailing for ever so long . Captain , kindly tell me the time , ' she called to the skipper , who was lolling over the gunwale near the foremast smoking a meditative pipe . ` Twelve o'clock , my lady . ' ` Heavens , can I possibly have been sitting here so long . I should like to stay on deck all night and watch the sailing ; but I must really go and take care of poor Lady Kirkbank . I am afraid she is not very well . '