noon
`` You observe , Captain Carrington , he wo n't come to the scratch . Perhaps as well for him that he does not , '' said the colonel , chuckling in his glee . The breakfast was early ; the colonel talked big , and explained the whole affair to the ladies , quite unconscious that every one in the company knew that the hoax had been played upon him . Before noon , every one had re-embarked on board of their respective ships , and their lofty sails were expanded to a light and favouring breeze . _ Isabel _ . Any where to avoid matrimony : the thought of a husband is terrible to me . _ Inis _ .