eight
o'clock
As he followed Robertson down the companion , Otway saw that he was a well-dressed , rather gentlemanly-looking young man of about five and twenty . `` Who 's that joker , I wonder ? '' he said to Burr ; `` not any one living in Samoa , unless he 's a new-comer . Hope he wo n't stay long -- it 's eight o'clock now . '' Ten minutes later the steward came to him . `` The captain wishes to see you , sir . '' Otway entered the cabin .