eight o'clock
That caused disappointment and anger . I climbed the mizzen-mast . Some officers were already perched on the mast-heads . At eight o'clock the fog lay heavily on the waves , and its thick scrolls rose little by little . The horizon grew wider and clearer at the same time . Suddenly , just as on the day before , Ned Land 's voice was heard : `` The thing itself on the port quarter ! '' cried the harpooner .