midday
This was disappointing , for Desmond suspected that he was still within the area of Angria 's piratical operations -- if not from Gheria , at any rate from some of the more northerly strongholds not yet captured by the East India Company or the Peshwa . But he had a good offing : scanning the horizon all around he failed to sight a single sail ; and he hoped that the breeze would freshen as suddenly as it had dropped . Now that excitement and suspense were over , and there was nothing that called for activity , Desmond felt the natural reaction from the strain he had undergone . By midday he was so tired and sleepy that he found himself beginning to doze at the wheel . The Gujarati had been sleeping for some hours , and , as the vessel now required scarcely any attention Desmond thought it a good opportunity for snatching a rest . Calling to Fuzl Khan to take his place and bidding him keep the vessel 's head , as far as he could , due north , he went below . About six bells , as time would have been reckoned on the Good Intent , he was wakened by the Babu , with a message from the Gujarati desiring him to come on deck .