noon
`` Probably rain , '' said the Parisian . `` Or fog , '' said the American . `` In Italy , '' remarked the tourist , `` Molfetta is the place where there falls the least rain ; and Tolmezzo , where there falls the most . '' At noon , according to the usage of the Channel Islands , the bell sounded for dinner . Those dined who desired . Some passengers had brought with them provisions , and were eating merrily on the after-deck . Clubin did not eat .