about midnight
Jack replied . The lads occupied the same bunk , and talked in whispers all through the night . They had no idea what had become of Ned and Jimmie except the supposition that they had been captured by their enemies . French retired about midnight , as calmly as if he were in his own rooms , leaving the two Filipinos on guard in the cabin . Once Frank arose and tried to slip out , his idea being to reach the shore and look for his chums , but the brown men lifted their guns automatically as he looked out on them . All through the night they sat unblinkingly , looking out in the dim light much as glass eyes might have looked out of the head of a wooden image . `` We 're sure in a bad box , '' Jack whispered , after this attempt at escape .