three in the afternoon
It bore more northwards , coasted the Islands of Murray , and came back to the south-west towards Cumberland Passage . I thought it was going to pass it by , when , going back to north-west , it went through a large quantity of islands and islets little known , towards the Island Sound and Canal Mauvais . I wondered if Captain Nemo , foolishly imprudent , would steer his vessel into that pass where Dumont d'Urville 's two corvettes touched ; when , swerving again , and cutting straight through to the west , he steered for the Island of Gilboa . It was then three in the afternoon . The tide began to recede , being quite full . The Nautilus approached the island , that I still saw , with its remarkable border of screw-pines . He stood off it at about two miles distant .