6 p.m.
cried J.T. Maston . And the poor man called aloud to Nicholl , Barbicane , and Michel Ardan , as if his unfortunate friends could have heard him through that impenetrable medium ! The search went on under those conditions until the vitiated state of the air in the apparatus forced the divers to go up again . The hauling in was begun at 6 p.m. , and was not terminated before midnight . `` We will try again to-morrow , '' said J.T. Maston as he stepped on to the deck of the corvette . `` Yes , '' answered Captain Blomsberry . `` And in another place . ''