noon
he exclaimed , jumping up from the ground in haste and perturbation . `` Do you s ` pose it 's noon yet , Jim ? '' `` Which way 's the sun ? '' queried the latter , glancing toward the sky ; `` it ought to be right overhead at noon . Why , it 's down some toward the west ! I should n't wonder if it 's as late as two o'clock . '' `` Two o'clock ! ''