noon
In this short time he had completed his plans . As he viewed them he could see no flaw . Now it came about that Captain Flanagan , who had not left the ship once during the journey , found his one foot aching for a touch and feel of the land . So he and Holleran , the chief-engineer , came ashore a little before noon and decided to have a bite of maccaroni under the shade of the palms in the _ Place des Palmiers _ . A bottle of warm beer was divided between them . The captain said Faugh ! as he drank it .