four in the afternoon
I think she was exceedingly well handled , or she would have gone to the bottom , '' continued the captain . `` I have no doubt there are scores of wrecks along the Keys this morning , and many a good fellow may miss his mess after this . '' I gave him a full account of the storm , and of our being carried so far out of our course by the wind and the current . I told him that we had been delayed so long by the wreck and the storm that we probably should not reach Key West till three or four in the afternoon . `` I suppose we shall be lucky to get there at all after all that has happened to us , '' replied the captain . `` What you say about drifting so far out of your course strikes me as being a little strange . '' `` What was the name of your vessel , Captain ?