nearly noon
Sometimes the storms drift the sand high all over that cabin , and old Pete has to dig it out again . He gets snowed under two or three times every winter . '' Annie Foster , and probably some of the others , were getting new ideas concerning the sea-coast and its inhabitants , every minute ; and she felt a good deal like Dick Lee , -- she `` would n't have missed that trip for any thing . '' They were now coasting along the island , at no great distance ; and , although it was not nearly noon , Dabney heard Joe Hart say to his brother , -- `` Never was so hungry in all my life . Glad they did lay in a good stock of provisions . '' `` So am I , '' returned Fuz ; and he added in a whisper , `` Is n't there any way for us to get into that cabin ? '' Joe shook his head .