six o'clock
Rooms were selected , and we found ourselves seated in a parlour , which looked doubly comfortable after the deck of the dismasted ship and the small cabin of the cutter . `` You will come and dine with us to-day , Mr D'Arcy ; and I must beg you to convey an invitation to your uncle , '' said Mr Marlow . As midshipmen are not always their own masters , I had to explain that I would , if I could ; though I did not think my uncle would refuse me leave . I was not disappointed ; and at six o'clock I found myself seated at Mr Marlow 's dinner-table , and opposite my Commander . I thought the little lady , Miss Alice , still looked very much fatigued . `` She is scarcely yet fit to perform the journey to London , '' observed her father . `` Still I am anxious to be there , and must also visit Liverpool in the course of a few days . ''