noon
`` We can sound Captain Langless -- it wo n't do any harm . '' `` But you must n't let the Baxters get an inkling of what is up . '' For the present the captain was not in sight , having retired to the stern to consult Arnold Baxter upon several points . They remained on deck until noon , when the cook called them to dinner in the cabin . They found they were to dine with Captain Langless . `` I asked the Baxters to join us , but they declined , '' he observed , as they sat down . `` Now I am not so high-toned . ''