ten o'clock
When the bell rang for supper he found himself very hungry , and ate heavily . After that he went out in front of the cabin , and walked up and down , thinking , and trying not to think . The turmoil in his mind tired him like a prodigious physical exertion . Toward ten o'clock the night grew rougher . The sea was so phosphorescent that it broke in sheets and flakes of pale bluish flame from the bows and wheel-houses , and out in the dark the waves revealed themselves in flashes and long gleams of fire . One of the officers of the boat came and hung with Mavering over the guard . The weird light from the water was reflected on their faces , and showed them to each other .