noon
Here is what I propose : you and I shall sally out from here , blazing the path as we go . We must find some sign of life within a circuit of five miles . That will take us say till daylight to go and come . We will leave Dick here to guard Jones , and if we do not return by noon to-morrow Dick will know that he must shift for himself . '' `` You command , Jack dear . What you say I 'll do , as Molly Meginniss said to the priest when he told her to repent of her sins . '' `` Dick , my boy , do you think you are equal to a vigil ?