noon
Even Percy could see that it was not blowing so hard . The water , too , had grown much smoother , and the roar of the breaker was not so loud . `` It 'll be calm as a mill-pond in a few hours , '' remarked Jim . `` By noon there ought to be some fishermen out here . They always start from Portland on the end of a norther , and run for this buoy to make their grounds from . All we 've got to do now is to hold on and wait . '' He pulled in the dory and looked her carefully over .