afternoon about five o'clock
`` The like o ' that do n't signify . I 've been skipper in the West Ingie trade years ago . There is n't much difference between a nigger and a schooner 's captain , '' said Jack , as he walked off to the Janson , preparatory to taking lodgings ashore . That afternoon about five o'clock , a loud noise was heard on board a little schooner , of about sixty tons ' register , that lay in a bend of the wharf a few lengths ahead of the Janson . Captain Thompson and his second mate were seated on a locker in the cabin , conversing upon the prospects ahead , when the noise became so loud that they ran upon deck to witness the scene . George stood upon the capsill of the wharf , with mortification pictured in his countenance . `` Well , captain , you need n't make so much noise about it ; your conduct is decidedly ungentlemanly .