About two o'clock
The schooner was lying some distance from the wharf , all sails down , and apparently contemplating no movement . With darkness came a brisk , stiffening wind , and clouds shutting out even dim starlight . At ten o'clock , all things being in readiness , the captain went on deck ; very soon after the glimmering lights of the city , then the frowning walls of Moro , were left behind , and the _ Dixie _ took her way silently and swiftly seaward . About two o'clock , being unable to sleep , from the rocking of the vessel , Electra , knowing that Eric was still on deck , crept up the steps in the darkness , for the lights had been extinguished . The captain was passing , but paused , saying in a whisper -- `` Is that you , Miss Grey ? Come this way and I will show you something . '' He grasped her hand , led her to the bow , where Eric was sitting on a coil of rope , and , pointing straightforward , added in the same suppressed tone -- `` Look right ahead -- you see a light ?