ten o'clock
He stamped and swore like a madman , and I went hot with shame to think of what opinion the Frenchmen must have of us . And with our rigging all shot away we had to lay by and look at them as they brought to , remanned their own shattered ship , and took her in tow . Sure never did English admiral before or since suffer such undeserved humiliation . Our men set to work diligently to refit the vessel , and this being done by ten o'clock , Mr. Benbow ordered the captain to pursue the enemy , who was then about three miles distant , and to leeward , having the disabled ship in tow , and steering northeast , the wind being sou ' - sou ` west . We made all the sail we could , the battle signal always flying at the fore ; and the enemy , taking encouragement from the behavior of some of our captains , now showed the first signs of waiting for us . Whereupon the admiral ordered Captain Fogg to send to the other captains and bid them keep their line and behave themselves like men . And when our boat returned from this errand there was Captain Kirkby in it .