midnight
And there the incident ended . The _ Andromeda _ hauled down the Blue Peter for her long run of over 6,000 miles to Monte Video , and Hozier had routine work in plenty to occupy his mind during the first twenty-four hours at sea without perplexing it with memories of a pretty face . Soon after Holyhead was passed , it is true , a sailor reported to the second officer that he had seen a ghost between decks , in the region of the lazarette . It was then near midnight , a quiet hour on board ship , and Hozier told the man sharply to go to his bunk and endeavor to sleep off the effects of the bad beer imbibed earlier in the day . Now , on this second night of the voyage , while the ship was plodding steadily southward with that fifteen point inclination to the west that would bring her far into the Atlantic soon after daybreak , Philip remembered Mr. Verity 's niece , and felt sorry that when she paid those former visits to the _ Andromeda _ , fate had decreed that he should be serving his time on another vessel . For there was an expression in her eyes that haunted him . Though she addressed him with that absence of restraint which is a heaven-sent attribute of every young woman when circumstances compel her to speak to a strange young man -- though her tone to the more favored cook was kindly , and even sprightly -- though Philip himself was red and inclined to stammer -- despite all these hindrances to clear judgment , he felt that she was troubled in spirit .