four o'clock
It 's odds ? but you 'd be sent overboard , my good lad , head over heels -- that 's to say on any day when the Captain had taken his breakfast . No , no : high as it 's perched up amongst the eagle 's nests , that d -- d old castle has been the rock that many a good ship has struck on . But wait till three or four o'clock ; and then maybe we 'll put you on ashore further down . '' When wishes are hopeless , the mind is soon reconciled to give them up . Bertram felt that his were so ; and , contentedly stretching himself again upon the deck , surrendered his thoughts to the influence of the lovely scenery before him . At length the sun was setting , and another reach of coast had unfolded upon his view , when all at once he heard the dash of oars ; and on rising up , he observed a little skiff rapidly nearing them .