About noon
One appeared to be only an empty shed , long in disuse . Her view from both rooms was restricted to the green slope of the gulch up to yellow crags and the sky . But she would rather have had this to watch than an outlook upon the cabins and the doings of these bandits . About noon she heard the voice of Kells in low and earnest conversation with someone ; she could not , however , understand what was said . That ceased , and then she heard Kells moving around . There came a clatter of hoofs as a horse galloped away from the cabin , after which a knock sounded on the wall . `` Joan , '' called Kells .