nine o'clock in the evening
`` I do n't care so much for myself , and I should not cry if I were never to become anything more than a midshipman . '' `` All I have done has been to obey your orders , and follow your lead ; and if anybody is promoted for the two affairs in which we have been engaged , you are surely the one who is entitled to it . '' `` Well , we will do our duty , whether we are promoted or not , '' added Christy . It was not more than nine o'clock in the evening when the Judith came out of the creek , and in about four hours she was approaching Fort Morgan . She was still within the enemy 's lines , and her acting captain was disposed to do everything in a regular manner , especially as he had the means of doing so . He had not the same risk to run in getting through the blockading fleet that Captain Lonley would have had , and he promptly decided to take his chances without waiting for a dark and foggy night . A boat came off from the inner side of the fort , and Christy ordered Flint to bring her to .