noon
I was up afore dawn , tryin ' to figger things out . You git to Sandy soon 's you can , matey . '' And Lund went below . Rainey saw nothing more of him until noon , at the midday meal . And he found no chance to talk with Sandy . He noticed the boy looking at him once or twice , wistfully , he thought , and yet furtively . A thickening atmosphere of something unusual afoot seemed present .