About noon
He went into the north wing of the Inn and barricaded the door leading from the bowling alley into the hallway . He made sure that all other doors and windows were fastened , and he put the key of the door that opened from the bar into the old wing into his pocket . Then he looked at the doors and windows in the south wing . About noon , as he was standing at an upper window anxiously scanning the landscape for any sign of his friend , Tom saw the Marquis , wrapped in his great black cloak , emerge from the gallery , go down the steps by the Red Oak , and walk rapidly down the avenue of maples . He went along the Port Road , to the point where a little road branched off and led to the beach of the Cove ; here he turned and walked in the direction of the beach . With the field glass Tom could follow him quite easily as he picked his way through the slush . Beyond , on the waters of the Cove , the _ Southern Cross _ rode at anchor .