10 p.m.
`` Very well , Bronsfield , '' said the captain , `` I will go and mark the result on my chart . Now have the sounding-line brought in -- that is a work of several hours . Meanwhile the engineer shall have his fires lighted , and we shall be ready to start as soon as you have done . It is 10 p.m. , and with your permission , lieutenant , I shall turn in . '' `` Certainly , sir , certainly ! '' answered Lieutenant Bronsfield amiably . The captain of the Susquehanna , a worthy man if ever there was one , the very humble servant of his officers , went to his cabin , took his brandy-and-water with many expressions of satisfaction to the steward , got into bed , not before complimenting his servant on the way he made beds , and sank into peaceful slumber .