five o'clock
Her captain was one of the most popular , as well as one of the most energetic officers in the service ; and was to become as popular , with future generations , as the brightest of all writers of sea stories . However , the day was not favourable for an excursion on the water . Stanley therefore went back to his room where , divesting himself of his jacket , he sat down at the open window , and read up a batch of the last newspapers , from England , that had been lent him by Colonel Adair . At five o'clock Meinik came in , to say that his horse was at the general 's door . Stanley hastily put on his jacket and cloak , and sallied out . The general came down in a few minutes , followed by Tollemache and , mounting , they rode to the pagoda . Here Sir Archibald had a talk with the colonel of the 89th , and the officer commanding the battery of the Madras Artillery .