noon
Black complexions presently became grey . Perspiring freight jugglers began to laugh at their fellows . In three minutes the roof of the pier was echoing back the volleys of high-pitched laughter which lifted from below . Until noon , and then through the long afternoon , all that the Wildcat 's men did was to laugh their heads off at the slightest provocation and move more freight than the ship 's cargo booms could handle . `` Ah likes biscuits an ' Ah likes bread , Doan ' like 'em plastered on mah head , Craves to have 'em spread around on mah inside , ` Sted of havin ' dough a-drippin ' off mah hide . '' The pier foreman , passing the Wildcat 's crew late in the afternoon , paused to look the deal over . `` Everything all right ? ''