about ten o'clock
She told it to me , sitting propped in a chair in Mrs. Johns 's room , her face white , her lips dry and twitching . The crew were making such breakfast as they could on deck , and Mr. Turner was still in a stupor in his room across the main cabin . The four women , drawn together in their distress , were huddled in the center of the room , touching hands now and then , as if finding comfort in contact , and reassurance . `` I went to bed early , '' said the stewardess ; `` about ten o'clock , I think . Karen had not come down ; I wakened when the watch changed . It was hot , and the window from our room to the deck was open . There is a curtain over it , to keep the helmsman from looking in -- it is close to the wheel .