noon
` Papa , I hope we may soon land ; I positively long to tread the firm earth again . ' ` What would you do if you were rocking and rolling in a transport five months round the Cape ? All in good time , dear : I have one or two trifling matters to settle ; ' and he went down to the cabins . Just before noon Hiram Holt stepped on deck . ` I hope you 're ready , ' were the second words of his greeting . ` Glorious day for sight-seeing ; I 've arranged to drive to Cape Rouge over the plains ; for we must be off to-morrow , up the river to Montreal . Where are your boxes ? '