two o’clock P.M.
It was necessary carefully to study the unexpected and novel situation in which the agents of the Company now found themselves , and Hobson did so with his chart before him . He could not ascertain the longitude of Victoria Island -- the original name being retained -- until the next day , and the latitude had already been taken . For the longitude , the altitude of the sun must be ascertained before and after noon , and two hour angles must be measured . At two o'clock P.M. Hobson and Black took the height of the sun above the horizon with the sextant , and they hoped to recommence the same operation the next morning towards ten o'clock A.M. , so as to be able to infer from the two altitudes obtained the exact point of the Arctic Ocean then occupied by their island . The party did not , however , at once return to the fort , but remained talking together for some little time on the promontory . Madge declared she was quite resigned , and evidently thought only of her mistress , at whom she could not look without emotion ; she could not bear to think of the sufferings and trials her `` dear girl '' might have to go through in the future . She was ready to lay down her life for `` Paulina , '' but what good could that do now .