About four o'clock
They all gazed in amazement at the ragged aperture in the side of the cabin through which the sparkling waters of the Atlantic could be seen dancing past . Events moved swiftly that afternoon . Owen , peering in the galley porthole beheld the disguised cook remove his wig to wash his face and recognized the curly light hair of Harry . About four o'clock the launch tied up to the landing at the small village of St. Andrew . There Owen had opportunity to reveal his discovery of Harry 's presence to the other two conspirators . They were frightened at first but soon agreed that it was a fine chance to get rid of both at the same time . The pirate confided to them that he had brought a clock-work bomb along and had it in his bag .