eight o'clock
He 's a dashed fool , but he 's no boozer , though his mate 's tongue is a bit thick yet . I 'll take the forenoon watch , an ' you might overhaul the ship for stowaways after breakfast . Never heard of one on this journey -- I 've routed out as many as twenty at a time w ` en I was runnin ' between Wellington an ' Sydney -- but you never can tell , so ` ave a squint round . '' `` Yes , sir , '' said Hozier , and that is how it fell to his lot to discover Iris Yorke , looking very white and miserable , when the hatch of the lazarette was broken open at half-past eight o'clock on Thursday morning ! A tramp steamer is not a complex organism . She is made up of holds , bunkers , boilers and engines , with scanty accommodation for officers and crew grouped round the funnel or stuck in the bows . When the boats were stripped of their tarpaulins , and a few lockers and store-rooms examined , the only available hiding-places were the shaft tunnel , the holds , and the lazarette , a small space between decks , situated directly above the propeller , where a reserve supply of provisions is generally carried .