six o'clock
Bobtail eased off his mainsheet , and waited for the Eagle to come up . Mr. Hines had already decided to return to Camden in Captain Chinks 's boat , and when he had announced his purpose , the Skylark filled away again . It was now about noon , and as the wind was contrary for at least half the way back to Camden , the skipper hardly expected to reach his destination that night . The yacht very soon ran away from the schooner , and at six o'clock had made half the distance . She had come up with the point which forms the south-eastern point of the town of Brooklyn , where she started her sheets , and ran through the channel between Deer Island and Sedgwick . The wind was still unsteady , coming in heavy flaws ; but now it was beginning to haul more to the southward . This change was favorable , for it enabled the Skylark to lay her course for Camden .