eleven o'clock
For the fishermen there is a ladder . The port was , at the time of our story , much frequented by the smugglers . Being difficult of access , it was well suited to their purposes . Towards eleven o'clock , some smugglers -- perhaps the same upon whose aid Clubin had counted -- stood with their bales of goods on the summit of this platform of the Moie . A smuggler is necessarily a man on the look out , it is part of his business to watch . They were astonished to perceive a sail suddenly make its appearance beyond the dusky outline of Cape Pleinmont . It was moonlight .