midday
Never a sound came from for ` ard . I held my watch till daylight . I held it till Margaret came on deck with her cheery `` What ho of the night , brave mariner ? '' I held the next watch -LRB- which should have been the mate 's -RRB- till midday , eating both breakfast and lunch behind the sheltering jiggermast . And I held all afternoon , and through both dog-watches , my dinner served likewise on the deck . And that was all . Nothing happened .