seven o'clock
The question is , What were we saved for ? '' The mess-room of the _ Hamburg _ was a small square cabin with iron walls , its only furniture a square table and a bench running around three sides . Once a person was seated , it was impossible to pass him ; and when the officers gathered for meals , they shoved themselves into place in a certain order , the captain first . At seven o'clock Doctor Wilhelm and Frederick appeared for supper . They found a soup tureen sending up clouds of steam and a well-constructed oil lamp over the table shedding a cheerful light . The _ Hamburg _ was not lighted by electricity . The two physicians , like all victims of accidents , the objects of really touching solicitude , were assigned seats against the warmest wall , dividing the cabin from the engine-room .