one o'clock
I passed to the larboard quarter , and here too were cracks wide and deep enough to satisfy me that its hold was weak . It was forward of the bows where the barrels had been exploded that the ice was thickest and had the firmest grasp ; but its surface was violently and heavily cracked by the explosions , and I thought to myself if the fissures below are as numerous , then certainly the swell of the sea ought to fetch the whole mass away . But I was now half frozen myself and pining for warmth . It was after one o'clock . The wind was piping freshly , and the great heavy clouds in swarms drove stately across the sky . `` It may blow to-night , '' thought I ; `` and if the wind hangs as it is , just such a sea as may do our business will be set running . '' And thus musing I entered the ship and went below .