six o'clock
`` There ! '' he said , slapping the shelf above his bench . `` That 's where I 'd like ter sleep . All yer gotter do at six o'clock is roll off and turn to ! '' Well , that is just what he would get at sea . In most steamers the engineer walks out of the mess-room , bathroom , or berth , into an alley-way on either side of the engine platform . The beat of the engines becomes part of his environment .