six o'clock
Presently we reached a deep pool not far from Annette Head , and near here we found some huge overhanging rocks . Underneath these we both crept , and here we sat for a considerable time . We had brought food with us , and of this we partook , after which we tried to pass away the time by smoking some prime tobacco which I had bought at Penzance . It was just after six o'clock when we finished our meal , and we sat there in the darkness for two hours . I rejoiced to see the clouds depart and the stars begin to shine , for the genius of loneliness seemed to govern the place . We could see nothing but the sea , which in the night looked as black as ink as it surged among the rocks . Even `` Great Smith , '' a huge black rock which lay about half a mile from us , was almost hidden from view , and no sound of anything living reached us save the weird , unnatural cry of the sea birds which now and then fluttered among the rocks on the coast .