noon
As for the anachronism of the thing , they seem to have no idea of it : days and years are all the same to them . After our sunrise bath , Bob once more placed us in the stocks , almost moved to tears at subjecting us to so great a hardship ; but he could not treat us otherwise , he said , on pain of the consul 's displeasure . How long we were to be confined , he did not know ; nor what was to be done with us in the end . As noon advanced , and no signs of a meal were visible , someone inquired whether we were to be boarded , as well as lodged , at the Hotel de Calabooza ? `` Vast heavey '' -LRB- avast heaving , or wait a bit -RRB- -- said Bob -- `` kow-kow '' -LRB- food -RRB- `` come ship by by . '' And , sure enough , along comes Rope Tarn with a wooden bucket of the Julia 's villainous biscuit . With a grin , he said it was a present from Wilson : it was all we were to get that day .