eleven o'clock
`` You will be amazed at the change produced in the expression of a person by a few touches of paint skilfully applied , '' and he proceeded to make the alteration proposed . When he had finished his work , Christy looked in the glass , and declared that he should hardly know himself . The preparations were completed , and the French gentleman and his servant were ready to embark . But it was only eleven o'clock , and both of them turned in for a nap of a couple of hours . The captain had retired early in the evening , and the quartermaster conning the wheel was steering for the light , the Chateaugay making not more than six knots an hour . At one o'clock the commander was called , in accordance with his order to the officer of the watch . He went on deck at once , had the log slate brought to him , and made some calculations , which resulted in an order to ring two bells , which meant `` Stop her . ''