noon
You may see her without the glass well enow , for she 's going about to fetch Beach Point . '' `` Is tide high enow to carry her over Brown 's Islands , as Champlain calleth the outer flats ? '' asked Hopkins , who by fits liked to appear erudite . `` Ay , ' t is full water at noon to-day , '' replied Trevor , his eye glued to the glass . `` Now then , now then , here she is making straight into the harbor , '' exclaimed Standish excitedly , and plunging down the hill followed by the rest , he made signal to Bart Allerton standing expectant at his own door to sound the `` assembly '' upon the trumpet which he had learned to manage with great precision . Ten minutes later the whole array of fighting men stood steady in their ranks , with the larger boys hanging in the rear , each carrying a spare gun , or some other weapon , and all eyes fixed upon the point where the stranger would appear as she beat her way into the harbor . Suddenly the captain waved his hand above his head , glancing up at the Fort where , under the folds of the British standard , stood Trevor , linstock in hand .