about eleven o'clock
In that time , in truth , by actual superiority in sailing , by her greater state of preparation , and by the distance saved by a bold navigation , she had gained fully a league on her pursuer . But , while the steamer had lost sight of the Swash , the latter kept the former in view , and that by means of a signal that was very portentous . She saw the light of the steamer 's chimneys , and could form some opinion of her distance and position . It was about eleven o'clock when the Swash passed the light at Sands ' Point , close in with the land . The wind stood much as it had been . If there was a change at all , it was half a point more to the southward , and it was a little fresher . Such as it was , Spike saw he was getting , in that smooth water , quite eight knots out of his craft , and he made his calculations thereon .