ten o'clock
`` It 's the last of that sort of hobnobbing you 'll ever see . '' For upwards of an hour during the night , while Mrs. Cranston lay peacefully sleeping , Mr. Davies and Miss Loomis sat in conversation in the opposite section . Tibbetts , who would fain have enjoyed such a privilege , found no opportunity . Somewhere towards ten o'clock he came quickly in . Davies read official matter in the captain 's manner as he approached the section , and rising , stood attention , cadet-like , when addressed . `` Mr. Davies , while I think everything will go quietly with those fellows from this on , I wish to take all necessary precautions . I will divide the night with you .