two o'clock
`` The river is wide at the mouth , and by heading south directly we get there , and running so for a couple of miles before we put straight out to sea , there will be no chance whatever of our being seen . Once away , we shall of course lay a course inside the islands till we are off Finisterre ; then we can either strike out into the Channel , or coast along as far as Cape la Hague , and thence sail straight for Poole . But there is no occasion to discuss that , at present . '' Satisfied with the assurance of the captain , Leigh turned in again at two o'clock , and this time slept soundly . When he awoke the motion of the vessel told him he was at sea , and he saw that it was broad daylight . Leaping off the sofa , he saw by his watch that it was eight o'clock , and he was speedily on deck . The mate was in charge .