half past
three
I turned out the next morning , or rather the same morning , only in season for breakfast . I had put my letter in the mail-box , and it had gone ashore in the first boat at four o'clock . I kept an anchor watch all night in port , which was divided up amongst all hands in the sailing and engineer 's department , except myself . Word had been passed from watch to watch to call the steward and a boat 's crew at half past three . The boats were hoisted up to the davits at night , and it required some time to get one into the water . When I went in to breakfast , I found that Washburn had gone ashore in the steward 's boat , and had not yet returned . He was the only person on board , besides myself , who had liberty to leave the vessel without my permission , or his , if I was not on board .