about five o'clock
Alec came next , then Billy took his turn , and finally Hugh . While one steered , the others kept a look-out for the erratic _ Esperanza _ , thinking it might again appear from some unexpected quarter . Mark and Roy Norton lounged in the bow and lazily swapped fishing stories , not at all averse to leaving the work to the rest . With the departure of the _ Petrel _ on her return to the waters near Snipe Point , and with a barely-perceptible rise of wind , the sloop _ Arrow _ laid a zigzag course toward the Ten Thousand Islands and came abreast of them about five o'clock . Beyond a broad inlet that led into the bay , a white sand beach , sparsely overgrown with crabgrass and waving palmettos , indicated to Dave that they were near one of his old camping places . He called Captain Vinton 's attention to it , hinting that it would be a good place to spend the night . `` Why not aboard the sloop ? ''