four o'clock
Three of the Scorpions had stayed aboard , and Captain Hindhaugh noticed that they earned their knives . He noticed , too , that the cringing manner which the fellows had shown before the Rock was cleared had given place to a sort of subdued swagger . About noon the engines were slowed down almost to nothing , and the Jenny Jones crept gently on toward the shore . By four o'clock the vessel was well into Portuguese waters , and Hindhaugh was prepared to defy any quantity of Spanish coast-guards . When the sun had dipped low the Scorpion-in-chief came aft , and pointed mysteriously to the northeast . `` You ` se been look where I point myself . Feluccas !