About noon
Silently , she operated the food-readier . She ate . Calhoun gave the impression that he would respond politely when spoken to , but that he was busy with activities that kept him 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 ? ''