about twelve o'clock
`` I should say it were impossible , Mr Hillyer ; but we all owe Heaven a death ; and if they go first and we go after them , at all events , let us do our duty until the time comes -- but never despair . As long as there is life , there is hope ; so now let us go on deck , and put as good a face on it as we can . '' I returned on deck followed by the master . `` The barometer is rising , '' said I aloud , to the first lieutenant ; `` so I presume the gale will break about twelve o'clock . '' `` I am glad to hear of it , sir ; for we have quite enough of it , '' replied the first-lieutenant . `` Do you see the Dryad ? '' `` No , sir ; it 's quite thick again to leeward : we have not seen her these ten minutes . ''