midday
`` You 'll have that whole spatter of Tories arter us . Could n't you hide your clothes better 'n that ? Might have left 'em ashore . If the old gentleman had n't been blinder 'n a bat at midday , he 'd seen 'em . '' `` I did n't think of that , '' Enoch admitted , rather ruefully , climbing over the bow of the canoe and then passing the thong to ` Siah , who fastened it to the stern of the bateau . `` I heard him say you could n't have both , and I thought it too bad . This canoe will hold a dozen men . ''