About midday
It 's nearly two thousand miles from here to Ysabel Island , I think ? '' `` I ca n't tell you within a hundred or two , but it 's about that . When do you think you will get there ? '' `` About midday to-morrow , with luck . I shall take on here enough petrol to last the whole way , if I 'm not thrown out of my course or meet with mishap ; but I suppose I can get a fresh supply at Port Moresby , if necessary ? '' `` I very much doubt it . And what about getting back ? ''