six o'clock in
the morning
Then she 'll serve you . But if the hand 's not ready and the eye unexpectant , you 'll see but the trail of her robe as she vanishes to offer her assistance to another more wakeful than yourself . In pursuit of this conviction , Hillyard steamed out of Palma Bay on the morning of the day after his interview with José Medina , and crossing to the mainland cruised all the next night southwards . At six o'clock in the morning he was off a certain great high cape . The sea was smooth as glass . The day a riot of sunlight and summer , and the great headland with its high lighthouse thrust its huge brown knees into the water . The _ Dragonfly _ slowed down and dawdled .