eight o'clock
I do n't like her actions . '' Code took the steps at a jump , and a moment later stood beside Ellinwood . The _ Lass _ was snoring along under full sail . The stranger , which at eight o'clock had been five miles astern , was now , at noon , less than a mile away . Code instinctively shot a quick glance at the compass . The schooner was running dead east . `` What 's this , Ellinwood ? ''