six o'clock
The _ Shannon _ dazed him . At the railway-station he found that a train had started at 4 A.M. , and there was nothing until 7:30 . This check sobered him a little , and he went back to the docks ; he walked out to the farther end of that noble line of berths , and sat down on the verge with his legs dangling over the water . He waited an hour ; it was six o'clock by the great dial at St. George 's Dock . His eyes were fixed on the _ Shannon , _ which was moving slowly up the river ; she came abreast to where he sat . The few sails requisite to give her steerage fell . Her anchor-chain rattled , and she swung round with the tide .