About noon
Silently , she operated the food-readier . She ate . Calhoun gave a very good portrayal of a man who will respond politely when spoken to , but who was busy with activities remote from stowaways . About noon , ship-time , she asked , `` When will we get to Orede ? '' Calhoun told her absently , as if he were thinking of something else . `` What -- what do you think happened there ? I mean , to make that tragedy in the ship . ''