noon
`` I do n't know that we have any thing better to do , '' added Dick Short . `` We have got enough to eat to last us all day . '' `` I think we shall have some variety in this thing . Captain Vesey has to deliver the Missisquoi to her new owner to-night , and he ca n't stay here much after noon , '' replied Dory . In fifteen minutes the steamer was well to the southward of Champion Rock , and began to turn to the eastward . `` She is coming around to pick us up on this side of the rocks , '' said Thad . `` That 's all right , but she wo n't pick us up , '' answered Dory .