three o'clock in the morning
But still the cat did do mischief , for if the mate had not been frightened by it , he would n't have let go the wheel , and the masts would not have gone by the lee . '' `` That 's true enough , and he might have done more mischief still if the captain had not shot him , for the men would never have gone to the pumps again ; but when they found out that it was nothing but the cat himself , then they set to , and before the next evening the vessel was clear , and only required pumping out every two hours , for the leak was n't great , after all . So there 's a ghost story for you , and I believe that all others will be found , like mine , to end in moonshine . Now , suppose we turn in , for we shall weigh at three o'clock in the morning . '' We all tumbled into the standing berths in the fore-peak . I dreamed of black tom cats all night . The next morning we weighed with a fair wind ; as before , I stood beside Bramble , who pointed out to me everything worth notice or memory as we passed , but at last the motion affected me so much that I could pay little attention , and I remained by his side as pale as a sheet .