about four o'clock
Likewise an investigation of the members of the crew had failed to develop anything tangible , even directly suspicious . It was a case of watch everybody , take every precaution , and be prepared for anything . Only nine men on the vessel , however , including the spy himself , knew anything about it , and the rest were in utter ignorance of the treachery that might be directed against them at any time . Refreshed by their sleep , Jerry and Slim arose about four o'clock that afternoon . Joe , who had rested easily throughout the later excitement of the preceding night , was still in the midst of the investigation and was not then to be found . Jerry had some letters to write , so Slim went to the upper deck alone . Seeing no one that he knew , and his mind weighted anyway with the menacing mystery of the strange happenings of the night before , he sat down on a coil of rope , just in the lee of the forward smokestack , to think the whole matter over for the twentieth time .