eight o'clock
This being settled the lads proceeded to put things straight and stow away their portmanteaus . As soon as they had done this they went on deck . The vessel was already warping out of the dock , and as soon as she was through the gates a steam-tug seized her and took her down the river . It was eight o'clock , and the sun was just setting , when the hawser attached to the tug was thrown off . Some of the sails had already been hoisted , for the wind was northerly . The rest were now shaken out and sheeted home , and under a cloud of white canvas -- for the _ Wild Wave _ had been fitted with an entirely new suit of sails -- the vessel proceeded on her way . The officers were divided into two watches .