noon
Can you wonder , Adrian , that my brain was reeling ? You who know all , all this means to me , can you wonder that I could not leave this shore -- even though my life depended on it -- without seeing her again ! Curwen , my mate , came up to me at last , and I woke up to some sort of reason at the idea that they , the crew and the ship , must be removed from the immediate danger . But the orders I gave must have seemed those of a madman : I told him to sail right away but to double back in time to have the schooner round again at twelve noon to-day , and then to send the gig 's crew to pick me up on Pulwick sand . ` Life and death , ' said I to him , and he , brave fellow , ` Ay , ay , sir , ' as if it was the most simple thing in the world , and off with him without another word . '' `` What imprudence , what imprudence ! '' murmured Sir Adrian .