noon
They all slept soundly and awoke to find the strange colored lights shining in through the glass covered port holes . `` Well , the sun , or what corresponds to it , is up , '' observed Jack , `` and I guess we had better do as the little boy in the school reader did , and get up , too , Mark . '' Soon all the travelers were aroused , and the sound of Washington bustling about in the kitchen , whence came the smell of coffee , bacon and eggs , told the hungry ones that breakfast was under way . After the meal work was again started on repairing the ship , and by noon the professor remarked : `` I think we shall try a little flight after dinner . That is , if one thing does n't prevent us . '' `` What is that ? '' asked Jack .