about nine o'clock
What you did was correctly done ; only in future , fail not to make your report . The slightest unauthorized step might be a false one , and that , under all the circumstances , is to be avoided . '' Whatever the subaltern thought of the seeming self-sufficiency which had dictated the concluding part of the lecture of the commanding officer , he made no further observation , and both in silence pursued the remainder of their short route to the bastion . Many of the men , dressed and accoutred for the morning parade , which usually took place at about nine o'clock , were grouped around , and anxiously watching the approach of the boat , as of something they had despaired of ever again beholding . Captain Headley drew his telescope to the proper focus , and after looking through it a few minutes -- remarked -- `` Thank Heaven , all is right -- they are all there , although it is quite unaccountable to me how they could have been detained until this morning . And , oh ! it seems they have taken a heavy draught of fish , for , although I can not see the bottom of the boat , their feet are raised as if to prevent crushing or injuring something beneath them .