noon
`` We 're going to stay until tomorrow . Come ashore . '' In spite of the drizzle they found a good deal to interest them in New Bedford , and Joe actually did find a whaler , although it was no longer in commission . At noon , Ossie , having made many purchases in the town , served a dinner that made the world look a lot brighter . Afterwards the crews of the two boats exchanged calls , read , dozed , played the graphophone and did n't much care whether it drizzled or not . Toward the end of the day the sun peered forth experimentally and there followed another expedition ashore . But the sun soon gave up its attempt to do any business that day and the drizzle set in harder than ever .