8:30 sharp
`` Where will she start from , Captain ? '' `` Why , from Coaling Point , at the further end of the Dockyard ; so we 'll have to be under weigh half-an-hour earlier , '' cried the old sailor from the doorstep . `` You had better call at my place , as it is on the way . Mind you 're not later than 8:30 sharp , or she 'll be off without you ! '' `` I 'll be there in time , never fear , '' was Bob 's response as the Captain bade him `` Good-night ! '' and stumped off homeward . `` I 'll be in time ! ''