noon
We were short-handed enough , he urged , and , if they were going to take that attitude , let them manage . I did not argue , but my eyes traveled over the rail to where the jolly-boat rose to meet the fresh sea of the morning , and he colored . After that he made no comment . Singleton awakened before noon , and ate his first meal since the murders . He looked better , and we had a long talk , I outside the window and he within . He held to his story of the night before , but was still vague as to just how the thing looked . Of what it was he seemed to have no doubt .