noon
That was all there was to that . Now all he needed to do was have a talk with _ tio _ Mariano , who was on the inside track down in Algiers , as an old hand at the business . And like a man who has his mind made up and is afraid he 'll change it if he waits too long , he thought he would go at once to see that influential personage whom they both could be mighty proud to call their uncle . They would probably find him -- it was around noon you see -- up at the _ Carabina _ , where he usually went to sit a while and smoke . And the two brothers started off in that direction . On walking past the ox-barn they glanced casually at the tavern-boat , blacker and more ramshackle every day . _ Adiós , mare !