about two o'clock
On this day they discovered a vessel far in advance of them . The Captain and Jackson were on the deck , and concluded that it must be the Will-o ' - the-Wisp . That night they were coming close to her , when the Captain of the Fairy Queen told them that the vessel in sight was the Will-o ' - the-Wisp , and that she was moving slower than usual . `` During the night , perhaps about two o'clock , they were aroused by fog-horns and various noises . They arose and went out . It was dark and the fog so dense that nothing could be seen . The fog-horns indicated that the vessels were coming dangerously near to each other .