midday
Tell me that , and I 'll make sail in a jiffy . '' `` I am no navigator , Captain , '' McCoy said in his mild way . `` I used to think I was one , '' was the retort , `` before I got into these Paumotus . '' At midday the cry of `` Breakers ahead ! '' was heard from the lookout . The Pyrenees was kept off , and sail after sail was loosed and sheeted home . The Pyrenees was sliding through the water and fighting a current that threatened to set her down upon the breakers .