two o'clock
When the now receding pirate was nearly hull down , the sun began to set . Mr. Tickell looked at him and said , `` Hallo ! old fellow , what are _ you _ about ? Why , it is n't two o'clock . '' The remark was quite honest : he really feared , for a moment , that orb was mistaken and would get himself -- and others -- into trouble . However , the middy proved to be wrong , and the sun right to a minute : Time flies fast fighting . Mrs. Beresford came on deck with brat and poodle : Fred , a destructive child , clapped his hands with glee at the holes in the canvas : Snap toddled about smelling the blood of the slain , and wagging his tail by halves , perplexed .