noon
`` Ho , ho , young man , you fancy that you understand navigation better than I do , '' said the mate . `` Just keep your remarks to yourself till I request you to make them . '' Stephen could say no more , but he and Roger agreed , when the first mate went below , they would try to get the second to alter the ship 's course . The first mate seemed to suspect their intentions , for he remained on deck , and when the wind drew more from the east which it did shortly after noon , kept the ship away to the south-east . `` The fellow will be running us on shore , or we shall be falling in with some Sallee rovers , for we can not be far off their coast by this time , '' said Stephen . `` I think we had better have a talk with Sam Stokes , and hear his opinion . '' Sam , although no navigator , was perfectly inclined to agree with them .