five o'clock
he moaned . It took us nearly all the afternoon to reach Lanesport . When the rain stopped , the wind fell , and we were almost becalmed . We knocked about on the Bay till a little before five o'clock . Ed and Jimmy told me how they had found the Captain at Big Duck Island , and how he had spent the night with them all on the `` White Rabbit . '' In the morning the whereabouts of the `` Hoppergrass '' was still a mystery , although the Captain had been told that the Kidds had probably taken her . Everyone was too impatient , however , to stay at Big Duck until noon , so they set out for Lanesport .