six o'clock
`` Oh , yes , I see . When I came down , of course we saw it from the other way ; and I did not recognize it , at first . So we managed to get past Cordouan without being seen ? '' `` Yes , we rounded the south point of the river before six o'clock , laid her head southwest for an hour and , just as it became light , changed our course north and passed three miles to seaward of the tower . They doubtless supposed that we were coming up from Bayonne . At any rate , they paid no attention to us . '' `` The wind is blowing pretty strongly . ''