three in the afternoon
Still the wind increased . The little _ Nuhiva _ , lying abreast of the _ Malahini _ and closer in to the beach , her engine still unrepaired and her captain ashore , was having a bad time of it . She buried herself so frequently and so deeply that they wondered each time if she could clear herself of the water . At three in the afternoon buried by a second sea before she could free herself of the preceding one , she did not come up . Mulhall looked at Grief . `` Burst in her hatches , '' was the bellowed answer . Captain Warfield pointed to the _ Winifred _ , a little schooner plunging and burying outside of them , and shouted in Grief 's ear .