two in the afternoon
They saved their mutterings for the barracks at night , where he could not hear . And there were no more runaways and no more night-prowlers on the veranda . Dawn of the third day after the whipping brought the _ Jessie 's _ white sails in sight . Eight miles away , it was not till two in the afternoon that the light air-fans enabled her to drop anchor a quarter of a mile off the shore . The sight of her gave Sheldon fresh courage , and the tedious hours of waiting did not irk him . He gave his orders to the boss - boys and made his regular trips to the hospital . Nothing mattered now .