noon
`` Thank you , '' said I ; `` I will look them up . But in case I should not find them , please say that I will call aboard again to-morrow morning about nine o'clock . '' So saying , I climbed down into Julius Caesar 's boat again , and ten minutes later was landed upon the wharf . It was by this time drawing well on toward noon , or `` second breakfast '' time ; so I shaped a course for Mammy Williamson 's in the first place ; and there , sure enough , I came upon my old skipper and Comben , seated at table among a number of other ship-masters and a sprinkling of civilians . As I entered I heard my name mentioned by Winter , and thought I also caught the word `` galleon . '' `` Speak of an angel , Captain Winter , and -- you know the rest , '' said I , as I stepped up to him with outstretched hand . In a moment every man had started to his feet , and I was surrounded -- hemmed in -- by an enthusiastic crowd , who , having somehow got wind of my lucky capture , were eager to congratulate me .