about ten o'clock
There was a jolly laugh at the eccentric man , in which he himself joined , and the little party felt better . They were seated on bits of broken boxes taken from the wreck , forming a little circle about the gasolene stove , which Tom had set up on the beach . The wind had almost entirely died away , though the sea was still heaving in great billows , and masses of surf . They had no exact idea of the time , for all their watches had stopped when the shock of the wreck came , but presently the sun peeped out from the clouds , and , from knowing the time when they had begun to fall , they judged it was about ten o'clock , and accordingly set their timepieces . `` Well , '' observed Tom , as he collected the dishes , which they had also secured from the wreck , `` we must begin to think about a place to spend the night . I think we can rig up a shelter from some of the canvas of the wing-planes , and from what is left of the cabin . It does n't need to be very heavy , for from the warmth of the atmosphere , I should say we were pretty well south . ''