9:30 P.M
He added , `` The little jackal barks , but the caravan passes . '' Hakim Farid laughed outright . `` We 'll make a good Egyptian of you yet , Rick . '' * * * * * The time along the Greenwich meridian , from which all world times are measured , was 9:30 P.M. . At Spindrift Island , it was 4:30 in the late afternoon . Barby Brant sat with her close friend , Jan Miller , before the roaring fire in the library . `` I 'll bet Rick and Scotty are having a marvelous time , '' Barby said .