noon
`` Take this cord then , '' I ordered him and Tom , `` and bind the hands and feet of this pock-marked gentleman here ; also of George , engineer ; and also of Theodore , the deck-hand . Bind them well . And throw them into the dingy , with a bottle of water apiece , and a loaf of bread . By noon , we 'll have some wind , and can make our way to Harbour Island , and there I 'll have a little talk with the Commandant . '' And as I ordered , all was done . Tom and I rowed the dingy ashore , with our three captives bound like three silly fowls , and presently threw them ashore with precious little ceremony , I can tell you ; for the coral rock is not all it sounds in poetry . Then we got back to the _ Maggie Darling , _ with imprecations in our ears , and particularly the promises of the pock-marked rebel , who announced the certainty of our meeting again .