one o’clock
Then the funeral party went back up the path to the Nautilus , returning beneath the arches of the forest , through the thickets , along the coral bushes , going steadily higher . Finally the ship 's rays appeared . Their luminous trail guided us to the Nautilus . By one o'clock we had returned . After changing clothes , I climbed onto the platform , and in the grip of dreadfully obsessive thoughts , I sat next to the beacon . Captain Nemo rejoined me . I stood up and said to him : `` So , as I predicted , that man died during the night ? ''