two o'clock
Prudence required , therefore , that the ship should be moored , as well as anchored . Nevertheless , there was a good deal of truth in what Mark had said touching the plants growing while he and Bob were busy at other matters ; and this thought , of itself , formed a sufficient justification for what he had just done , much as it had been done under present excitement . As they under the shade of the royal , our mariners discussed these matters , and matured some plans for the future . At two o'clock Mark and Bob resumed their work . The latter suggested the necessity of getting food and water ashore for the pigs , as an act that humanity imperiously demanded of them ; not humanity in the sense of feeling for our kind , but in the sense in which we all ought to feel for animal suffering , whether endured by man or beast . Mark assented as to the food , but was of opinion a thunder shower was about to pass over the reef . The weather certainly did wear this aspect , and Bob was content to wait the result , in order to save himself unnecessary trouble .