noon
I was glad that he escaped , on account of his kindness to sweet Katty and Jack , though I suspect that he was an absconding debtor . I should think , however , that his creditors might as well have tried to skin a flint as him . We carried the lugger in off the coastguard station , where more hands were put on board . Before noon we had placed sweet Katty in Aunt Deb 's loving arms , not much the worse for her excursion . Jack went to sea , and Katty 's cabinet was adorned with numberless articles strange and beautiful from all parts of the world . Jack , of course , wherever he could get a run on shore , had to come and inspect them . By many a gallant deed he won his commander 's commission , and then Katty became his fond , devoted wife .