eleven o'clock
`` Well , he 's awake , at any rate , '' remarked Jack with a grin , `` now to find out where the boat is . '' As the wretched figure of the beach-comber appeared Jack hailed him roughly . `` Where 's that boat , Hank ? '' `` Been cruising off and on here since eleven o'clock , '' rejoined the other sullenly , `` ah ! there she is now off to the sou ` west . '' He pointed and the boys saw a red light flash twice seaward as if some one had passed their hands across it . `` All right , give him the answer , '' ordered Jack .