noon
The water poured over the flashboard with a splashing murmur at that distance , and ran down under the bridge in a rocky bed . It was clear and cool looking . Below the factories the river water was of an entirely different color , and people in Seacove had begun to object to the filth from the Elmvale mills being dumped into the cove . Al Torrance stopped the car at the side gate of the biggest munition works just as the noon whistle blew . Seven Knott got out and began to look about for his friends to whom he had tried to talk enlistment . He soon spied two of them , and beckoned them near . Others followed .