noon
Jack was the last to retire , and it was a long while before he dropped off to sleep . Then he dreamed about Pepper up in the far North , sitting on a cake of ice in a bathing-suit , which showed how much he had the welfare of his chum at heart . In the morning Josiah Crabtree went below early . He expected Captain Putnam back by noon and wished to be prepared to make a proper report to the head of the school on his arrival . He had just seated himself at the desk in the office when there came a knock on the door . `` Come in ! '' he said shortly , thinking it might be a servant .