noon
`` Very well , Mess Lethierry . '' `` At what time does the _ Cashmere _ sail ? '' `` At twelve . '' `` The tide will flow at noon ; she will have it against her . '' `` But she will have the wind , '' answered the lad . `` Boy , '' said Mess Lethierry , pointing with his forefinger at the engine in the sloop , `` do you see that ? There is something which laughs at winds and tides . ''