two o'clock
`` I thought of that , '' said Gordon . The three men fumbled their way down the road to the plaza , and saw , as soon as they turned into it , the great outlines and the brilliant lights of an immense vessel , still more immense in the darkness , and glowing like a strange monster of the sea , with just a suggestion here and there , where the lights spread , of her cabins and bridges . As they stood on the shore , shivering in the cool night-wind , they heard the bells strike over the water . `` It 's two o'clock , '' said Bradley , counting . `` Well , we can do nothing , and they can not mean to do much to-night , '' Albert said . `` We had better get some more sleep , and , Bradley , you keep watch and tell us as soon as day breaks . '' `` Ay , ay , sir , '' said the sailor .