about ten
o'clock in the morning
`` As soon as ever it was daylight the skipper was on deck with his glasses . He sent men up to the masthead to keep a good look-out , an ' he was dancing about like a cat on hot bricks all the morning . `` ` How long are we to go on this course , sir ? ' asks Mr. Salmon , about ten o'clock in the morning . `` ` I 've not made up my mind , sir , ' ses the cap'n , very stately ; but I could see he was looking a trifle foolish . `` At twelve o'clock in the day , the fust mate got a cough , and every time he coughed it seemed to act upon the skipper , and make him madder and madder . Now that it was broad daylight , Mr. McMillan did n't seem to be so creepy as the night before , an ' I could see the cap'n was only waiting for the slightest excuse to get into our proper course again .