midday
`` Shall we get into St. John to-day ? '' `` Wal , I kine o ' think we 'll manage it . '' `` How soon ? '' `` Wal , not much afore midday . You see we 're driftin away jest now . '' `` Do n't you intend to anchor till the next rise of tide ? '' `` O , yes ; in about ten minutes we 'd ought to be about whar I want to anchor . ''