twelve o'clock
A hundred miles , and only one day to accomplish the distance . On that evening they ought to be at Shanghai if they wished to catch the steamer for Yokohama ; but for the storm , which had delayed them several hours , they would then have been within thirty miles of their destination . The breeze continued to fall , and the sea went down . All canvas was spread , and at twelve o'clock the Tankadere was only forty-five miles from Shanghai . Six hours still remained , and all were afraid they could not do it . Everyone on board , except Phileas Fogg no doubt , felt the keenest anxiety . They must maintain a speed of nine knots an hour , and the wind was falling rapidly , and coming in puffs .