about eight o'clock
`` Does that ever happen here ? '' I inquired , considerably taken aback by the suggestion . `` It do sometimes , sir , but not often , '' answered Hoard . `` Mostly the land breeze springs up about eight o'clock , and blows until about seven in the mornin ' . '' `` Well , '' answered I , after considering awhile , `` in the case that you mention , it appears to me that our best plan will be to make boldly for the channel , the four boats keeping abreast , so as to show as little as possible ; let the wind blow them past the battery , and land in the little bay about half a mile inside . I noticed a big rock , the only one , jutting out of the sand there to-day . That should be a very good spot at which to meet you . ''