six o'clock
While they were at dinner , Lance tore a leaf out of his pocket-book and jotted down the various articles , such as bedding , crockery , and utensils of various kinds which they required , and on the completion of the list he hurried away with it to Johnson , who at once wrote at its foot an order to the storekeeper for the issue of the articles named . These were soon conveyed to the hut , and by sunset they had the place in very tolerable order . Now that they were on shore , however , they felt that the time had arrived when a little more privacy could be enjoyed by the ladies of the party ; so a few boards were obtained and with them a partition knocked up , dividing the upper room into two equal parts , the half which was approached through the trap-door being devoted to the ladies , while the men obtained access to their sleeping apartment by means of a ladder and the open window , the ladder being drawn up into the room at night . At six o'clock the bell rang again , upon which all hands knocked off work for the day , and after half an hour devoted to cleaning up , etcetera , tea , or supper as most of the men termed it , was served . On this particular evening , however , there was a slight deviation from the usual order of procedure ; the messmen being detained at the galley until all were present -LRB- instead of being served and despatched in the order of their arrival -RRB- , when Johnson made his appearance on the scene and announced that the kegs of dollars landed that day from the brig would be distributed in the capstan-house that evening at eight o'clock , and that any of the prisoners not yet belonging to the `` brotherhood '' who chose to present themselves there at that hour , and would sign the `` bond of brotherhood , '' would be entitled to an equal share of the spoil . Bob duly mentioned this item of information on his arrival with the viands ; and it was at once decided that , as all the pirates would thus be engaged for some time , advantage should be taken of so favourable an opportunity to give the ladies a little fresh air and exercise . They waited until all the pirates appeared to have betaken themselves to the capstan-house , and then sallied out in a body upon an exploring expedition up the valley .