two o'clock in the morning
`` This is the way of it , '' Jacques said . `` The three vessels are all going to cut and run to-night . That schooner of yours is round the other side of the island , and we want to be sure she is stopping there , then there will only be the frigate to deal with , and in these light winds and dark nights we ought to be able to give her the slip ; but the only way to be sure the schooner keeps the other side is to watch her . So one man is to be placed on the cliff above her , and at two o'clock in the morning , if she is still there , he is to light a fire well back from the cliff , so that the light will not be seen by her . Another man is to be on the top of the hill , where we were together with a lantern . You see , we can just see the top of the hill from here . When he sees the fire he is to show a light three times .