about fifteen to
twenty
When he went to bed , he actually did sleep for ten hours , heavily , without stirring . At breakfast in the dining-room , he asked for the passenger list , and with a wild leap of his heart read the names for which he had been looking , Eugen Hahlström and Miss Ingigerd Hahlström . He folded up the list and glanced about . There were about fifteen to twenty men and women in the saloon , all engaged in breakfasting or giving their orders to the stewards . To Frederick it seemed they were there for no other purpose than to spy upon his emotions . The steamer had already been travelling for an hour on the ocean . The dining-room took up the full width of the vessel , and from time to time its port-holes were darkened by the waves dashing against them .