about ten o'clock in the morning
He had less reason for anxiety than we , for his brig lay with extra moorings under land in a little creek sheltered from the wind and waves . He very much regretted now , however , that he had not gone on board to his son and the men . Towards morning the storm abated a little , and , tired as we were , we went to bed , while two of the servants still sat up . It was about ten o'clock in the morning , when it began to grow light , that we could first see the destruction done . Several hundred tiles from the house roof lay spread over the yard , part of the outer pannelling of the wall on the windward side was torn away , and the end of the pier lay on one side down in the sea , a couple of piles having been displaced by the waves . The storehouse , too , had suffered some damage . Our yacht , however , was most evidently in danger .