three o'clock
The ship , with those of her company whom the plague had spared , presently steamed away , and , after being repaired , made her way to Portsmouth dockyard . But one of her company stayed behind , and is now queen or empress of the island of which her husband is king , captain , commandant , and governor-general , and also resident quarantine doctor . The screw steamer Jenny Jones was lying alongside a coal-hulk at Gibraltar one October afternoon . By three o'clock her bunkers were nearly filled , and the captain was getting ready for casting off , when one of the natives came on board . Captain Hindhaugh looked about for something to throw at the visitor , and only the difficulty of selecting an efficient missile from a large and varied assortment prevented him from letting fly at once . The `` Scorpion '' said , `` Ah , no , no , Capeetan ! No been throw nothin ' at myself .