the hour of one
`` Dalton , you are safe ! it may be that I perish : I knew you would never sacrifice your ship for your own life , so I have done it for you . Go with the Jewess , your daughter , and the Preacher , immediately to Cecil Place , to the small passage leading to the purple chamber , and demand admittance . You are pardoned -- and all the rest may leave the island , provided they depart before the hour of one . '' The Buccaneer apparently heard it not : the communication made no visible impression upon him ; he stood in the same position as before . Even Springall spoke no word , although his feeling of attachment to Dalton was rendered sufficiently obvious by his creeping close to his side , and grasping his arm with a gesture which said , `` I will not be separated from you . '' At this moment a cry arose from the beach , and , though the flames were fading , it could be seen that several of the men had rushed to the water 's edge , and assisted a creature to the shore who was unable to struggle longer for himself ; soon , however , he contrived to mount the cliff on which Dalton still remained a living statue of despair , and faint , dripping , unable to utter a single word , Robin stood , or rather drooped , by the side of the Buccaneer .