Noon
No ; no more of the sea for him . There was power in all that wealth of books , and if he would do great things , he must do them on the land . Besides , captains were not allowed to take their wives to sea with them . Noon came , and afternoon . He forgot to eat , and sought on for the books on etiquette ; for , in addition to career , his mind was vexed by a simple and very concrete problem : _ When you meet a young lady and she asks you to call , how soon can you call _ ? was the way he worded it to himself . But when he found the right shelf , he sought vainly for the answer .