he was sleepy because his fiancee , flo , had kept him awake all night , fighting ; he was hungry because by the time she was through screaming at him , he was late for duty , and he had had no time to pick up a bite ; he was horny because she had refused to let him touch her ; and he was wet because the thirty-foot police boat on which he was traveling had been built for service , not comfort , and a rising wind was driving the rain into the small wheelhouse where he stood .