about noon
They dressed his wounds , and Tom Denison took him on board early in the morning , intending to take him to sea till the memory of his misdeeds had toned down a bit , for Billy was a great institution in Samoa , and had many friends . Hardly a white man in the place , no matter how hard up he was , but would stand Billy a bottle of lager or a chew of tobacco . -LRB- I forgot to mention that Billy would drink anything and chew anything , except cigarettes , at which he snorted with contempt . -RRB- Now Denison 's little vessel was lying quite near the German man-of-war , and was to sail next day for the Solomons if the captain was sober , and he -LRB- Denison -RRB- had a lot of work to do to get the ship ready , and whilst he was poring over accounts in the cabin about noon , a boat ran alongside and Bully Hayes came into the cabin . `` Where 's Billy ? '' he said . `` Quick , get him into my boat at once .