about midday
The pendulum swung the other way now -- she meant to leave Alaska with the least possible delay . She arose in the morning from dreams that were strangely mixed , to find that the good fortune was no part of the dream , but a reality . Singing she lighted a fire and prepared a more than usually appetizing breakfast to celebrate the occasion . She estimated that if Jim found the Registrar and the official of the Mining Syndicate early in the morning , he would arrive there about midday . She laughed amusedly as she thought of him and his inflexible will . She imagined him in Dawson , yanking the official out of his office and hustling him down the river at enormous speed . The morning passed on leaden wings and no boat appeared on the river .