noon
As soon as the vessels were clear they made sail , running about two points free for the French coast . We have great Hopes of not seeing the Inside of a French Prison , but we are disappointed . `` Well , Tom , this is a bad job , '' said Bramble to me , taking his seat upon the hencoop aft . `` By to-morrow noon , unless we fall in with a cruiser -- and I see little chance of that -- we shall be locked up in a French prison ; ay , and Heaven knows how long we may stay there ! What 's to become of poor little Bessy ? I 'm sure I do n't know . I must contrive to write over to lawyer Wilson , and put him in charge of everything .