noon
And so for hours ... . Glaucon never knew how long they thus drifted . The _ Solon _ had been smitten very early in the morning . She had foundered perhaps at noon . It may have been shortly before sunset -- though Helios never pierced the clouds that storm-racked day -- when Glaucon knew that the Barbarian was speaking to him . `` Look ! '' The wind had lulled a little ; the man could make himself heard .