"What time does the boat sail ?" "Three o'clock, sir." Philip frowned.

This was his first disappointment.

He had fancied himself on board early in the day.

The prospect of a long morning's inaction seemed already to terrify him.
"Not till the afternoon," he muttered.
"Matter of tide, sir," the man explained.

"You can go on board any time after eleven o'clock in the morning, though.