noon
We want to be taken across , as our friends live not many miles from Tarifa . We will pay a dollar , apiece , for our passage . '' The captain nodded . `` Be on board by noon ; we shall not be a minute later . '' Bob went ashore , and told Amy that everything was arranged , without the slightest difficulty . He then went down to inspect the clothes . `` They will do very well , '' he said , `` except that they are a great deal cleaner than anything ever seen on a Spanish sailor .