three in the afternoon
Yet for days and weeks after that , even now sometimes when I am amongst my own again , I wake in my sleep with troubled cries , and the dark gives me back the life which was my long night of suffering . The _ Hoffnung _ was bound for Königsberg , but when the skipper and I had come to understand each other by signs and writing , he , with great consideration , offered to put into Southampton and leave me there . This took a great weight from my mind , for I was burning with anxiety to hear of my friends again ; and when we entered the Channel on the third night , I found sleep far from my eyes , and paced the deck until dawn broke . We dropped anchor off Southampton at three in the afternoon , and when I had insisted on Captain Wolfram taking one of my diamonds as a souvenir for himself , and one to sell for the crew , I put off in his long-boat with a deep sense of his humanity and kindness , and with hearty cheers from his crew . I should have gone to the quay at once then , but crossing the roads I saw a yacht at anchor , and I recognised her as my own yacht _ Celsis _ , with Dan pacing her poop . To put to her side was the work of a moment , and I do not think that I ever gave a heartier hail than that `` Ahoy , Daniel ! '' which then fell from my lips .