nine o'clock
he said . Rainey went on deck , raging but impotent . He told Lund briefly of the talk between him and Peggy Simms , and described the general symptoms of the skipper 's strange malady . It was nine o'clock , an hour to the meeting . He went down to his own room and sat on the bunk , smoking , trying to piece up the puzzle . If Carlsen was a potential murderer , if he intended to let Simms die , why should he want to marry the girl ? He thought he solved that issue .