about eleven o’clock
``` Oh , ax me -- -- ' And before he could complete the sintence ram , blam , the ould billy-goat butts him in the chist , and away goes the both of thim whirtlin ' into the say below . `` Thin me ould grandfather comes out , and collars me by the scruff , and ` Into the sty with you ! ' says he ; and into the sty I wint , and there they kep ' me for a fortni ' t on bran mash and skim milk -- and well I desarved it . '' They dined somewhere about eleven o'clock , and at noon Paddy unstepped the mast and made a sort of little tent or awning with the sail in the bow of the boat to protect the children from the rays of the vertical sun . Then he took his place in the bottom of the boat , in the stern , stuck Dick 's straw hat over his face to preserve it from the sun , kicked about a bit to get a comfortable position , and fell asleep . He had slept an hour and more when he was brought to his senses by a thin and prolonged shriek . It was Emmeline in a nightmare , or more properly a day-mare , brought on by a meal of sardines and the haunting memory of the gibbly-gobbly-ums .