midday
And how I wish I could tell you of that dinner , and of all that M. Radisson talked ; of captivity among Iroquois and imprisonment in Spain and wars in Turkey ; of his voyage over land and lake to a far north sea , and of the conspiracy among merchant princes of Quebec to ruin him . By-and-bye Rebecca Stocking 's father came in , and the three sat talking plans for the northern trade till M. Radisson let drop that the English commissioners were keen to join the enterprise . Then the two Puritans would have naught to do with it . Long ago , as you know , we dined at midday ; but so swiftly had the hour flown with M. Radisson 's tales of daring that Tibbie was already lighting candles when we rose from the dinner table . `` And now , '' cried M. Radisson , lifting a stirrup-cup of home-brewed October , `` health to the little gentleman who saved a life to-day ! Health to mine host ! And a cup fathoms deep to his luck when Ramsay sails yon sea ! ''