noon
`` Here , young ` uns , get below and clean up , '' he ordered sharply , and handed each lad a bucket and a deck-brush . They filled the buckets and went below reluctantly . At first it was impossible for them to stay under hatches for more than five minutes at a time , so they took turns in running up for air and a fresh supply of water . Gradually the flooding they gave the place told in its atmosphere , and by noon they had put it into decent shape again . Hardly had Jeremy come on deck , weary and sickened with this task , when Captain Bonnet called to him from the companion . He made his way aft and entered the cabin . Bonnet had just resumed his place at the broad table .