noon
The Two Faces Of the remainder of that night , I have but a confused memory . At times we heard the door shaken behind the great chests ; but no harm came to it . And , odd whiles , there was a soft thudding and rubbing upon the decks over our heads , and once , as I recollect , the Thing made a final try at the teak covers across the windows ; but the day came at last , and found me sleeping . Indeed , we had slept beyond the noon , but that the bo ` sun , mindful of our needs , waked us , and we removed the chests . Yet , for perhaps the space of a minute , none durst open the door , until the bo ` sun bid us stand to one side . We faced about at him then , and saw that he held a great cutlass in his right hand . He called to us that there were four more of the weapons , and made a backward motion with his left hand towards an open locker .