midday
`` Not after what 's happened tonight . '' `` Perhaps not , '' I replied , doubtfully . And just then the Second Mate came back on to the poop , and Tammy cleared away from the wheel-box , leaving me with a worrying feeling that I ought to do something . _ The Coming of the Mist and That Which It Ushered _ We buried Williams at midday . Poor beggar ! It had been so sudden . All day the men were awed and gloomy , and there was a lot of talk about there being a Jonah aboard .