eight o’clock
By that time there was a heavy sea running ; night came on , and the weather grew very thick . They heard the breakers presently , but they could not make out the Point . Old sailor as he was , and knowing as well as any man the perilous ground , the skipper lost his drunken head this time , and presently lost his way also in the dark and murk of the storm . At eight o'clock she struck . She was thrown on her side , a heavy sea broke over her , and they were all washed off . No one raised a cry . They were busy fighting Death .