about three o'clock in the morning
`` It was a shocking bad wound , '' began the whale-surgeon ; `` and , taking my advice , Captain Boomer here , stood our old Sammy - '' `` Samuel Enderby is the name of my ship , '' interrupted the one-armed captain , addressing Ahab ; `` go on , boy . '' `` Stood our old Sammy off to the northward , to get out of the blazing hot weather there on the Line . But it was no use -- I did all I could ; sat up with him nights ; was very severe with him in the matter of diet - '' `` Oh , very severe ! '' chimed in the patient himself ; then suddenly altering his voice , `` Drinking hot rum toddies with me every night , till he could n't see to put on the bandages ; and sending me to bed , half seas over , about three o'clock in the morning . Oh , ye stars ! he sat up with me indeed , and was very severe in my diet . Oh !