noon
`` I say , Lane , '' he said , `` is this the end of the world ? '' `` Not to-day , Mr Drew , '' cried the mate : `` Is no end to the world , it 's round . '' `` To-day ! It 's noon , and as black as night . '' `` Mr Rimmer thinks we are going to have a tremendous rain storm now , '' said Oliver Lane , wincing with pain as he sat down . `` Then it is going to be a rain of black ink . '' `` Oh , no , sir , heavy thunderstorm and then the light will come .