ten o'clock
On this hint Mr. Leach bestirred himself , and the men were quickly on the yards , casting loose gaskets and reef-points . Sail opened after sail , and as the steerage passengers , who could show a force of thirty or forty men , aided with their strength , the Montauk was soon running dead before the wind , under every thing that would draw , and with studding-sails on both sides . The mates looked surprised , the seamen cast inquiring glances aft , but Mr. Truck lighted a cigar . `` Gentlemen , '' said the captain , after a few philosophical whiffs , `` to go to America with yonder fellow on my weather beam is quite out of the question : he would be up with me , and in possession , before ten o'clock , and my only play is to bring the wind right over the taffrail , where , luckily , we have got it . I think we can bother him at this sport , for your sharp bottoms are not as good as your kettle-bottoms in ploughing a full furrow . As for bearing her canvas , the Montauk will stand it as long as any ship in King William 's navy , before the gale . And on one thing you may rely ; I 'll carry you all into Lisbon , before that tobacco-hating rover shall carry you back to Portsmouth .