one o'clock
On the occasion of this my first day on board , he had a dinner-party in honour of my coming among them ; and two or three days before we reached England , he had another . I dined with him regularly every day except twice , when I was invited to the officers ' mess . I breakfasted alone in my own cabin , where everything was provided for me that I could desire , and always lunched and took five-o'clock tea with the officers . I remained alone till one o'clock , and spent four hours every morning during our entire journey in composing this volume as it is now printed . I have put it into the shape of a story , because I think that I may so best depict the feelings of the people around me as I made my great endeavour to carry out the Fixed Period in Britannula , and because I may so describe the kind of opposition which was shown by the expression of those sentiments on which Lieutenant Crosstrees depended . I do not at this minute doubt but that Crasweller would have been deposited had not the John Bright appeared . Whether Barnes and Tallowax would have followed peaceably , may be doubted .