six o'clock
`` Shall we hoist sail , sir ? '' said Bill . `` Not yet , '' said Shard . By six o'clock the Arabs were just outside the range of cannon and there they halted . Then followed an anxious hour or so , but the Arabs came no nearer . They evidently meant to wait till dark to bring their guns up . Probably they intended to dig a gun epaulment from which they could safely pound away at the ship .