about twelve
o'clock
Must we tell him the truth ? '' `` Not at present , sir , at all events : tell him that he has fought the duel , and killed his man ; he will think that he did it when he was out of his senses , or else that the fever has driven it from his memory . '' `` Well , perhaps that will be the best way just now ; it will relieve his mind , for with his return to sensibility will also revive his feelings of disgrace and dishonour ; and if they are not checked , the fever may come on again . '' The surgeon gave me some breakfast this morning , and then dressed my wounds , which he pronounced were doing quite well ; and about twelve o'clock the master came on shore with the first lieutenant . The master came into my room after the first lieutenant went away , who had been told by the surgeon that he could not see Captain Delmar -- and he , of course , did not wish to come into contact with me , who he supposed had the yellow fever . In the afternoon Captain Delmar woke up from his stupor -- the fever had left him , and he had nothing to combat with but extreme debility . `` Where am I ? ''