about noon
But it did not diminish our courage or our industry . If only Mademoiselle Capello were safe ! That was the thought in my heart . On the fifteenth day after our arrival , about noon , as I stood on the terrace making some changes , under Count Saxe 's eye , for one of the guns to be planted there , I happened to glance toward the point of the mainland , and saw a strange figure standing there waving a crimson mantle by way of a signal ; and it was Francezka 's mantle . Count Saxe saw it as soon as I , and recognized it . `` Go you at once , with a boat , '' he said , and I lost no time . When I stepped out of the boat on the mainland , the fellow who had been signaling came up to me .