noon
A saucy word on the one hand , and a blow on the other , made a daily incident . There were times when the whole crew refused their duty ; and we of the afterguard were twice got under arms -- being the first time that ever I bore weapons -- in the fear of mutiny . In the midst of our evil season sprang up a hurricane of wind ; so that all supposed she must go down . I was shut in the cabin from noon of one day till sundown of the next ; the Master was somewhere lashed on deck . Secundra had eaten of some drug and lay insensible ; so you may say I passed these hours in an unbroken solitude . At first I was terrified beyond motion , and almost beyond thought , my mind appearing to be frozen . Presently there stole in on me a ray of comfort .