noon
Then one little fat hand reached out and pushed her . She rolled over and buried her wet face in the dusty ground and howled heart-brokenly . Then Jamie crawled close up beside her , and , stretching himself out , wept his sympathy into the back of her gaping frock . At noon the camp began to rouse . The heavy eyes , the languid stretch , the unmeaning contemplation of the noontide sunlight , the slow struggles of a somnolent brain . These things were suggested in the gradual stirring of the place to a ponderous activity . The heavy movement of weary diggers as they lounged into camp for their dinner had no suggestion of the greedy passion which possessed them .