noon
They all met me on the beach , and made me tell them the news while I was still in the boat . `` We know no more , '' said I , `` than the fact that there is still a ship on the coast . You must all now keep in doors , while Fritz and I go in search of it . '' We set off at noon , and went straight to the west part of the coast , where we thought the sound must have come from . We knew a cape there from which we could get a good view of the sea , and by the side of which lay a small bay . When we got round the cape , great was our joy to find a fine ship in the bay . It was not far off from us , for we could see the ENG-LISH flag float in the breeze from one of its masts .