About noon
The god would be appeased by this time , and all would go well . Danger being past , he bade the men get ashore and fill the water-skins . `` God 's curse on all Hellenes , '' he said , as he soaked up the cold water from the spring in the thicket . About noon he set sail again . The wind sat in the north-east , but the wall of Pelion turned it into a light stern breeze which carried him swiftly westward . The four slaves , still leg-weary and arm-weary , lay like logs beside the thwarts . Two slept ; one munched some salty figs ; the fourth , the headman , stared wearily forward , with ever and again a glance back at his master .