one o'clock
Passe-partout wrung the pilot 's hand , exclaiming , `` Well , you are a good fellow . '' Probably to this day the pilot has not the slightest idea of what Passe-partout was driving at . He merely whistled , and went back to his station on the bridge to guide the steamer through a flotilla of junks , tankas , and fishing-boats , and a crowd of other vessels which encumbered the waters of Hong Kong . At one o'clock the steamer was alongside the quay , and the passengers went ashore . On this occasion it must be confessed that fortune had singularly favoured Phileas Fogg . But for the necessary repairs to her boilers , the _ Carnatic _ would have sailed on the 5th , and the travellers bound for Japan would have been obliged to wait for eight days for the next steamer . Mr. Fogg , it is true , was twenty-four hours behindhand , but this would not seriously affect his journey .