noon
Near the door Kearny 's elbow overturned an upright glass showcase , smashing it into little bits . I paid the storekeeper the price he asked . '' ` Come to my hotel for the night , ' I said to Kearny . ` We sail to-morrow at noon . ' `` He agreed ; but on the sidewalk he fell to cursing again in the dull monotonous way that he had done when I pulled him out of the coal cellar . '' ` Captain , ' said he , ` before we go any further , it 's no more than fair to tell you that I 'm known from Baffin 's Bay to Terra del Fuego as `` Bad-Luck '' Kearny . And I 'm It .