About five o'clock
I hope you will come , Captain Bobtail ; I shall be so glad to see you ! '' The order was given to get up the anchor , and Bobtail sprang to take a hand in the operation . In a few moments the Penobscot was standing over towards Camden ; and the hero of the day began to regret that he must so soon lose his pleasant companions . About five o'clock she landed her passengers at the Portland Wharf , and Monkey came off from the Skylark for Bobtail . `` Little Bobtail , you have rendered me a service to-day which you can neither understand nor appreciate , and I shall never forget it , '' said Colonel Montague , as he took the boy 's hand . `` I shall see you again before long . I am going away in the yacht next week for a long cruise ; but we shall meet again , and I hope in the end that you will not be sorry for your noble conduct to-day . ''