noon
`` Clear and fine outside ! '' said Doctor Joe , `` I 'm not satisfied that Jamie did n't cross the marsh . It 's likely to be a long hard tramp and David and I are going alone this morning because we can travel faster . If we do n't find Jamie by noon we 'll come back after you and the other lads . You 'll be fresh and rested then for the afternoon 's search . We ca n't give it up till we find Jamie . '' `` I 'd be keepin ' up with you , '' protested Andy .