ten o'clock
They would have warned her at once had she been in real peril ; but , seeing her well clear of the Virgin , they made the most of their chances . The fun was spoilt when the rock spoke again , a half-mile to windward , and the tormented bark set everything that would draw and went her ways ; but the dories felt that the honours lay with them . All that night the Virgin roared hoarsely ; and next morning , over an angry , white-headed sea , Harvey saw the Fleet with flickering masts waiting for a lead . Not a dory was hove out till ten o'clock , when the two Jeraulds of the Day 's Eye , imagining a lull which did not exist , set the example . In a minute half the boats were out and bobbing in the cockly swells , but Troop kept the _ We 're Heres _ at work dressing down . He saw no sense in `` dares '' ; and as the storm grew that evening they had the pleasure of receiving wet strangers only too glad to make any refuge in the gale . The boys stood by the dory-tackles with lanterns , the men ready to haul , one eye cocked for the sweeping wave that would make them drop everything and hold on for dear life .