about twenty
minutes after eleven
The captain , who had been complaining of lumbago , had had the cook prepare him a mustard poultice , and had retired early . Burns was on watch from eight to twelve , and , on coming into the forward house at a quarter after eleven o'clock to eat his night lunch , reported to Singleton that the captain was in bed and that Mr. Turner had been asking for him . Singleton , therefore , took his cap and went on deck . This was about twenty minutes after eleven . He had had a drink or two earlier in the evening , and he took another in his cabin when he got his cap . He found Turner in the chart-house , playing solitaire and drinking . He was alone , and he asked Singleton to join him .