four o'clock
The Senor had passed an anxious day . He had at first thought of going on board the Sea Eagle and demand surrender of his daughter . But he feared , after the revelation made by Jim , that he would be but placing in Broome 's hands opportunity for further evil . At four o'clock , therefore , he summoned the innkeeper , who brought from the corral two horses . One the Senor mounted , and leading the other , he started for the arranged place of meeting . Jim and his party were at that moment in hiding , as had been arranged . The task of loading the Sea Eagle had evidently been completed , and the ship itself , under the influence of the tide which was then running out , was moving very slowly toward the ocean end of the harbor .