four o'clock
You are safe ; Nay , more , -- almost triumphant . Listen , then , And hear my words of truth . Marino Falierlo . It was just four o'clock , P.M. , when the Dawn and the Polisson parted company ; the former steering on her old course for Brest , while the latter continued her cruise . The lugger sailed like a witch , and away she went towards the chops of the channel , on a bow-line ; leaving us to stand towards the French coast -- close-hauled , also , but on the opposite tack . It is scarcely necessary to dwell on the feelings with which we four , who were eye-witnesses of all that passed , witnessed the proceedings . Even Diogenes was indignant .