nine o'clock
The heat was stifling . The Caribbean Sea roared as if boiling tides were forcing their way from Mount Misery on St. Kitts to the crater of Nevis . Warner pretended to read during the day , but it was not long before Anne discovered that he stole from his room every night , and she knew his goal . He appeared at the nine o'clock breakfast , however , and neither made allusion to the vigils written in his face . At first it was merely haggard , but before long misery grew and deepened , misery and utter hopelessness ; until Anne could not bear to look at him . The storms continued . Ten days passed .