midday
It will be a consolation , you know . '' `` Of course . '' `` Then I 'll up sail , an away we 'll go , irrewspective of tides , across the bay . '' By midday the captain informed them that they were in Eastport harbor . `` See thar , '' said he , as he pointed to a headland with a light-house . `` That thar is the entrance . They do call this a pootyish place ; but as it 's this thick , you wo n't hev much chance to see it .