nine in the
morning
He unhitched it from the fish-hook he had spliced to the end of his stick . `` And after the trouble I 've taken ! '' `` I 'll call your captain , and he 'll make you give it up . '' `` The old man 's sleeping ashore , and wo n't be down till nine in the morning . I 'm alone here . '' He stepped to the fore-halliards . `` Now I 'll just hoist this up to the topmast head , and you 'll see what a pretty flag it makes in the morning . ''