noon
Then for the first time I noticed another acquaintance , handling his peavie near the very person of the rear boss . `` Hullo , '' said I to myself , `` that 's funny . I wonder if Jimmy Powers got even ; and if so , why he is working so amicably and so near Roaring Dick . '' At noon the men came ashore for dinner . I paid a quarter into the cook 's private exchequer and so was fed . After the meal I approached my acquaintance of the year before . `` Hello , Powers , '' I greeted him , `` I suppose you do n't remember me ? ''