six in the morning
Down in a berth in the sick bay , lay Gray . The hospital steward had made the wounded man as comfortable as possible . The latter was painfully but not seriously wounded . At the speed at which the gunboat was now proceeding the `` Sudbury '' was due at anchorage at six in the morning . Lieutenant Jack had turned in , after leaving orders that he was to be called a few minutes before five . He wanted to be on deck to enjoy the sensations of his last hour of command on the cruise of a vessel of the United States Navy . Forward , the sailors of the watch were talking in low tones of their very youthful officers .