four o'clock
Came morning , but not the lady . And the foc ` sle was in sad need of her ministrations . Quite half the crew needed salves and bandages for their bruises and cuts , and there was , besides , a more serious case demanding attention . When the starboard watch was called at four o'clock , we heard a low , insistent moaning in the port foc ` sle . The man who called us said that the little squarehead -- the lad Swope had manhandled -- had again fallen afoul the masters . The hurts Swope had inflicted prevented the boy moving about as quickly as Mister Fitzgibbon desired , so the bucko had laid him out and walked upon him during the mid-watch . When he was through , the lad had crawled on his hands and knees into the foc ` sle , and collapsed .