eight o'clock
I wish some of the people of the Board of Trade would come down the river sometimes in sailing-boats and see the way these coasters set the law at defiance , and fine them smartly . What is the use of making rules if they are never observed ? Well , here we are home , and the church is just striking six , so we have hit off the time nicely . '' By eight o'clock Jack was in bed , and having acquired the fisherman 's habit of waking at any hour he chose , he was at the door when Bill Corbett and his brother Joe came along . The day was already breaking faintly in the east , for the month was May . `` Going to be fine , Bill ? '' Jack asked .