About two o'clock in the afternoon
`` Our only hope now is for the storm to go down , or else to sight some passing ship , '' said Dick . `` Getting back to Santa Barbara at present is out of the question . For all we know , we may be a hundred or two hundred miles from the coast . '' About two o'clock in the afternoon the sky cleared a little . But as the fog lifted , the wind blew with greater force , sending them reeling and plunging into the mighty waves . `` It looks as if we should be swamped after all , '' said Tom dolefully . `` Never say die , Tom , '' came from Sam resolutely .