Noon
He seemed impatient , baffled . But what could we do ? This daring and powerful man could n't control the sun as he did the sea . Noon arrived without the orb of day appearing for a single instant . You could n't even find its hiding place behind the curtain of mist . And soon this mist began to condense into snow . `` Until tomorrow , '' the captain said simply ; and we went back to the Nautilus , amid flurries in the air .