Quotation from: Elsinore

Written by: Jack London

Heavy with the brief heaviness of sleep I had had, I dressed and
stumbled up on to the poop in the hope that the wind would clear my
brain. Mr. Pike had the watch, and with sure, age-lagging step he
paced the deck. The man is a marvel--sixty-nine years old, a life of
hardship, and as sturdy as a lion. Yet of the past night alone his
hours had been: four to six in the afternoon on deck; eight to
twelve on deck; and four to eight in the morning on deck. In a few
minutes he would be relieved, but at midday he would again be on
deck.