noon
Schofield gave her a final admiring glance and went below . `` Clear . Wind W.S.W. , canting to W. Moderate breeze . Knots logged to twelve , noon , 153 . Position , 20 miles south , a little east of Cape Sable . End of this day . '' Code closed the dirty and thumb-worn , paper-covered ledger that was the log of the Charming Lass and had been the log of the old May Schofield for ten years before she went down .