two o'clock
They launched a motor boat with which they had provided themselves , and went ashore for a half hour , while Bobby pointed out Abel 's landing place , and the place where they always pitched their tent , and where the snow _ igloo _ had stood . The seals were gone , so Bobby knew Skipper Ed and Abel had hauled them home before the ice broke up . And then Bobby took his friends to see the grave , and the cairn he had built over it , and for a little they stood , in silence and in pity for the nameless man who lay there . Day comes early in this latitude at this season , and at two o'clock , in the morning twilight , anchor was weighed , sails hoisted before a good fair breeze , and the _ Gull _ was plowing her way into Abel 's Bay , with Bobby as pilot , for he knew its waters as you and I know our city streets . And what old friends the distant mountains and headlands seemed , as he pointed them out to his companions ! It was mid-afternoon when the _ Gull _ at last approached the head of Abel 's Bay , and in the distance the two cabins gradually came into view . Skipper Ed 's cabin was the nearer , and their course was laid toward it , and presently two figures were discerned at the boat landing .