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It had just gone one bell in the first watch, and so was nearly time for the frugal supper, partaken of every night in the saloon of the _San Salvador_. The fact is, breakfast was served sharp at eight o'clock, dinner at one, and a high tea at six. The tea was really a kind of a sea dinner in itself, for the meat and biscuits were always put down, with soft tack (bread) if there was any. Therefore supper after this was a mere snack, say a box of sardines with pickled onions and biscuits, washed down with coffee or cocoa.
To-night the steward spread the banquet as soon as the captain and Fred came down.