three o’clock in the morning
-- A Contrary yet Favorable Wind . -- The Return southward . -- Kennedy at his Post . At three o'clock in the morning the wind was raging . It beat down with such violence that the Victoria could not stay near the ground without danger . It was thrown almost flat over upon its side , and the reeds chafed the silk so roughly that it seemed as though they would tear it . `` We must be off , Dick , '' said the doctor ; `` we can not remain in this situation . ''