ten o'clock
`` I 'm afraid that moon business is just what 's going to happen right soon , '' observed Giraffe . `` Yes , there is n't going to be a storm after all , '' remarked the skipper ; `` clouds are breaking night now , and it was a false alarm , you see . '' `` Well , hardly , with me , '' ventured Bumpus ; whereupon everybody tittered , because they knew what the fat scout meant ; and there were three others , who , if they were as candid as Bumpus , might have added : `` Me too ! '' Half an hour passed by , and they were really getting tired , for it was now in the neighborhood of half-past ten o'clock , as Thad told them the last time he consulted his little dollar watch that gave him so much satisfaction in all his outings . Still , none of them wanted to be the fellow to first crawl under his blanket , it being only a matter of pride that kept Bumpus at least on deck , blinking like an owl in the daytime , as he tried to keep his eyes open . Jim , by the way , had been fastened to a cleat , and was perched on the edge of the cabin roof , no one as yet daring to touch him ; though he had eaten some meat they placed within his reach , which proved that the owl did not mean to starve himself to death , yet awhile at least . All at once Bumpus felt a galvanic shock .