the sun at noon
Ah ! good morning , Mr Meldrum , '' added the captain turning to that gentleman ; `` I was just thinking about you . I wanted to have a consultation about our course . My dead reckoning is all at sea , and I hardly can guess where we are now ; but I trust we shall be able to get an observation of the sun at noon , and then we will be able to prick off our position on the chart . '' `` I sincerely hope so , '' said Mr Meldrum ; `` for I think we 're going far too much to the southward . '' `` Do you , still , eh ? '' replied Captain Dinks .