nearly seven o'clock
I felt a thrill of excitement go through me . I was touching mysterious adventure at half a dozen different points . I felt inclined to creep to the hatchway of the little cabin , to listen there if any plots were being hatched . It was getting duskish by this time , it must have been nearly seven o'clock . Two men came up the cabin hatch together . One of them was Mr. Jermyn , the other a shorter fellow , to whom Mr. Jermyn seemed extremely respectful . I wished not to be seen , so I ducked down nimbly into my boat , drawing her forward by a guess-warp , till I could row without being heard by them .