About eight o'clock in the morning
She felt that a great deal depended upon her . At any moment an emergency might arise when she would be called upon , as owner of the yacht , to decide what should be done . She hoped very earnestly that if the Captain of the _ Dunkery Beacon _ saw that the _ Summer Shelter _ was determined to follow him wherever he went , and whatever he might do , he would at last get tired of being nagged in that way , and consent to give up Mr. Shirley . About eight o'clock in the morning , all belief in the minds of the men on board the yacht that the _ Dunkery Beacon _ intended to sail to Rio Janeiro entirely disappeared , for that steamer changed her course to one considerably north of east . A little after that a steamer was seen on the horizon to the north , and she was bearing southward . In the course of half an hour it seemed as if this new steamer was not only likely to run across the course of the _ Dunkery Beacon _ , but was trying to do it . `` Captain , '' exclaimed Mrs. Cliff , grasping Burke by the arm , `` do n't you think it looks very much as if that Captain Hagar was trying to run away with the treasure which has been entrusted to him ? ''