eight o'clock
I 'd be pretty sick before I 'd let a smooth duck like him give me any doses -- Beg pardon , Captain Barry . Yes , sir , I think he 's quite a nurse , '' returned the mate , half committing himself before he could pull up . Barry let the slight outburst pass without comment . Vandersee relieved the deck for the first watch , from eight o'clock until midnight , and Barry remained on deck with him . A red sun had dipped below the sea line two hours before , and a faint breeze sprang up at his setting . Now the _ Barang _ leaned slightly to full canvas and snored easily through the phosphorescent seas with a pleasant tinkling of running wavelets along her sides . Overhead the heavens were luminous with sparks of ultra brilliance ; the decks and sails of the ancient brigantine were bathed in soft radiance , ruled across and along with bars of blackest shadow .