noon
Dr. Argyle and a Philadelphia heiress kept step . Everybody walked , talked , and laughed , and the passengers had little need of the ship 's doctor now . If the weather is fair the decks are always enlivened as a steamer approaches land . The next day , by noon at latest , Ireland and Fastnet Rock would be sighted , if the ship 's reckoning had been correct . After dinner , Dr. Argyle was walking the deck with Lucille in the star-light . He had told her much of his family , of his talented brother in the Church , and of another in the army ; he had even ventured to speak of Lucille 's grace of manner , and she feared what might follow . The call of Mrs. Harris relieved Lucille of an unpleasant situation .