about noon
The long fibre of grass served for the string , and the sight of the Giaour girl 's employment brought round her all the female population who had not repaired to the coast . Her first rosary was torn from her to adorn an almost naked baby ; but the Abbe began to whimper , and to her surprise the mother restored it to him . She then made signs that she would construct another necklace for the child , and she was rewarded by a gourd being brought to her full of milk , which she was able to share with her two companions , and which did something to revive poor Victorine . Estelle was kept threading these necklaces and bracelets all the wakeful hours of the day -- for every one fell asleep about noon -- though still so jealous a watch was kept on her that she was hardly allowed to shift her position so as to get out of the sun , which even at that season was distressingly scorching in the middle of the day . Parties were continually coming up from the beach laden with spoils of all kinds from the wreck , Lanty , Hebert , and a couple of negroes being driven up repeatedly , so heavily burthened as to be almost bent double . All was thrown down in a heap at the other end of the adowara , and the old sheyk kept guard over it , allowing no one to touch it . This went on till darkness was coming on , when , while the cattle were being collected for the night , the prisoners were allowed an interval , in which Hebert and Lanty told how the natives , swimming like ducks , had torn everything out of the wreck : all the bales and boxes that poor Maitre Hebert had secured with so much care , and many of which he was now forced himself to open for the pleasure of these barbarians .