eleven in the morning
And all this means work for the men . Taking Mr. Pike 's judgment , they are very inadequate , though by this time they know the ropes . He growls and grumbles , and snorts and sneers whenever he watches them doing anything . To-day , at eleven in the morning , the wind was so violent , continuing in greater gusts after having come in a great gust , that Mr. Pike ordered the mainsail taken off . The great crojack was already off . But the watch could not clew up the mainsail , and , after much vain sing - songing and pull-hauling , the watch below was routed out to bear a hand . `` My God ! ''