eight o'clock in the evening
`` I do n't know , but I am afraid if you had gone with him you would never have come back again ; for you have spoiled all his plans . He will take the steamer to-morrow morning at Rockland for Bar Harbor . But we shall have time to look the matter up before he arrives , if the breeze holds . '' Fortunately the wind did hold , and at eight o'clock in the evening the Skylark reached her destination . The breeze was steady , but light , and the passage was a delightful one through the narrow channels among the islands . The skipper got up a nice dinner of beefsteak , green corn , and tomatoes , which Mr. Hines declared was equal to the table at the Bay View ; and this was no equivocal compliment . `` That is Captain Chinks 's boat , '' said Bobtail , as he pointed to a craft at anchor near the steamboat wharf .