ten o'clock
They both slept in the afternoon . For the captain had been up all night , and fully expected to see no bed the following night . `` If they come down with the tide we 'll go to sea on the same ebb , '' he said , as he lay down on his state-room locker and composed himself to sleep . He sent the hands below at ten o'clock , saying he would keep the anchor watch himself . He wanted no forecastle gossip , he said to Cartoner , and did not trouble to explain that he had kept the watch three nights in succession on that account . Cartoner and he walked the deck side by side , treading softly for the sake of the sleepers under deck . For the same reason , perhaps , they were silent .