noon
Then , as be faced the laughing eyes down in the street , Dalzell justified his nickname by one of those broad smiles that had made him famous at the Naval Academy . Dave Darrin waved his hand in thanks for the `` Four-N '' yell , the surest sign of popularity , and vanished inside . When he returned to the parlor be found that Farley had conducted his parents and friends to one of the parlor windows , from which , behind drawn blinds , they had watched the scene and heard the uproar without making themselves visible . At noon the hotel dining room was overrun with midshipmen and their friends , all awaiting the afternoon train . But at last the time came to leave Annapolis behind in earnest . Extra cars had been put on to handle the throng , for the `` train , '' for the first few miles of the way , usually consists of but one combination trolley car . `` You 're leaving the good old place behind , '' murmured Belle , as the car started .