eleven o'clock
Some of them were four yards and a quarter long . Quieter and less timid than their cousins of the north , they did not , like them , place sentinels round the outskirts of their encampment . After examining this city of morses , I began to think of returning . It was eleven o'clock , and , if Captain Nemo found the conditions favourable for observations , I wished to be present at the operation . We followed a narrow pathway running along the summit of the steep shore . At half-past eleven we had reached the place where we landed . The boat had run aground , bringing the Captain .