eleven o'clock
The room had two metal doors , one on the starboard and one on the port side . The person entering or leaving had to contend violently with the wind and the motion of the vessel . The stewards had mastered the art perfectly . Shortly before eleven o'clock , Captain von Kessel appeared . It was his custom to visit the room at about this time every day . After giving friendly or curt answers , as the case might be , to the usual questions regarding the weather and the prospects for a good or bad crossing , he seated himself at the same table as the physicians . `` A seaman was lost in you , '' he said to Frederick .