eight o'clock
Now , for a little hokey-pokey ; I think I 'll git in thar myself , an ' let Joe sell t ` other feller fur a nigger . '' Phoebus 's power over his fellow-prisoners -- little children and idiotic Hominy included -- was now perfect , and he began to explore the rotten old hold , which contained oyster-rakes , fish-lines , and the usual utensils of a dredging-vessel , and soon discovered that there could be made a clear passage to crawl through her from forecastle to-cabin by removing a few boards . `` Yer , Hominy , '' he said , `` get to work with your needle , old gal ; I 'm goin ' to take you home . '' * * * * * With a good start , and a fair wind and slack tide , Johnson was off Vienna at eight o'clock . `` Ten mile to go , an ' they ca n't catch me with a racehorse , '' he said , `` after I pass Chicacomico wharf , an ' git abaft the marshes . I 'm boozy fur sleep . Thar 's two in this crew I do n't know , and I must be helmsman .