I was stiff and lame, and cried out with pain when the bed-clothes touched my poor finger-ends.
Morning had evidently not come, so I closed my eyes and went to sleep again.

I did not know it, but I had slept the clock around and it was night again.
Once more I woke, troubled because I could sleep no better.

I struck a match and looked at my watch.

It marked midnight.

And I had not left the deck until three! I should have been puzzled had I not guessed the solution.