noon
A frightful , heart-rending spectacle , yet how rich in food for the long-darkened eyes of the artist ! Two brothers of unusual height , who , nude like all their comrades in death , offered their broad , beautifully arched chests to the arrows , would not leave his memory . It was a terrible sight , yet grand and worthy of being wrested from oblivion by art , and it impressed itself firmly on his mind . After noon Eumedes could at last devote himself to his young friend . Although the wind drove showers of fine rain before it , the admiral remained on deck with the sculptor . What cared they for the inclement weather , while one was recalling to mind and telling his friend how the hate of an offended woman had unchained the gloomy spirits of revenge upon him , the other , who had defied death on land water , listened to his story , sometimes in surprise , sometimes with silent horror ? After the examination to which she had been subjected , Eumedes had believed Ledscha to be as Hermon described her .