midday
These people with their complaints and their comments were causing him great annoyance . Soon he found that he could not remain in this isolation . He needed to see and to know , -- like a criminal who returns to the place where he has committed his crime . At midday they began to see on the horizon various little clouds . They were the ships hastening from all sides , attracted by this unexpected attack . The French boat that was sailing ahead of them suddenly moderated its speed . They had come into the zone of the shipwreck .