midday
Now it was Sunday . Night and day the work had gone on . No less than ten freighters had been loaded and dispatched since Bat 's return , and only that morning two vessels had cast off , laden to the water-line , and passed down on the tide for the mouth of the cove . At the finish of the midday meal Standing had announced his intentions for the afternoon . `` We need to get a look into the lumber on the north side , Bat , '' he said . `` You 'd best come along with me . How do you think ? ''