eleven o'clock
You learn to turn your hand to everything there very much better than you can on a large craft . '' TEN days ' hard work and the _ Wild Wave 's _ equipment was nearly complete . The riggers were to put the finishing touch to their work that evening , and the carpenters to finish all below , and were to begin in the morning scraping and cleaning the decks , and there then remained only the painting to be done . The captain 's usual hour for coming on board was eleven o'clock , but the men were just knocking off for dinner when he arrived . `` Well , Mr. Timmins , when do you think we can be ready to take cargo on board ? '' `` Well , sir , it will take them three days to get the decks planed . They are in a beastly state , you see .