forenoon

Forenoon delight: That’d be coffee, followed by more coffee.

At six bells of a forenoon watch, Nat said, “Mr. Denny, heave to for soundings.”

The next morning, just after seven bells of the forenoon watch, Captain Prince came on deck with his sextant, ready to shoot the sun.

The forenoon was a dreary time, but at noon the solicitor came: Mr. Marquand, of Wholeman, Sons, Marquand & Lidderdale.

They set out early in the forenoon, some on horseback, the rest in carriages; I witnessed both the departure and the return.