About midday
Still it was food of a kind , and for a while stayed the gnawing , empty pains within them ; only Noie ate but little , so that there might be more for the others . That night was even hotter than those that had gone before , and during the day which followed the place became like a hell . They crept into the cave and lay there gasping , while from without came loud cracking sounds , caused , as they thought , by the trees of the forest splitting in the heat . About midday the sky suddenly became densely overcast , although no breath stirred ; the air was thicker than ever , to breathe it was like breathing hot cream . In their restless despair they wandered out of the cave , and to their surprise saw a dwarf standing upon the top of the wall . It was Eddo , who called to them to come out and give themselves up . `` What are the terms ? ''