two o'clock
So as the schooner yacht went northward following her unseen path through the darkness , the boys ' minds were busy with their plans for the future . For one , I envy them their buoyant freedom , their hearty comradeship , and their chance for new and varying adventure . Yet they had earned much of the good fortune that had come to them by their pluck in danger and their cheerful endurance of hardship . At two o'clock Tom was called on deck to take the wheel , and Jeems Howell to stand watch . Not a very strong maritime team , to be sure , but with the calm mild weather it was safe enough , and the captain was near at hand if any trouble should arise suddenly from out the darkness of the sea . `` Do you suppose you two land lubbers can manage , without running us aground ? '' inquired Jim .