midday
Should he hide his gun and do a deal for food with these tools ? He felt he would not be able to part with the gun again now he had once felt its reassuring company . The kitten turned up again and made a great fuss with him and licked and bit his ear . The sun clambered to midday , and once that morning he saw , though the Germans did not , an Asiatic airship very far to the south , going swiftly eastward . At last the flying-machine was turned and stood poised on its wheel , with its hooks pointing up the Rapids . The two officers wiped their faces , resumed jackets and swords , spoke and bore themselves like men who congratulated themselves on a good laborious morning . Then they went off briskly towards the refreshment shed , the Prince leading .