noon
The long dark nights with the thunder of the river and the lonely voices ! ... they come back to me ... . Wolf , Wolf , here 's Noddle , the same faithful old Noddle ! '' August Naab married Mescal and Hare at noon under the shade of the cottonwoods . Eschtah , magnificent in robes of state , stood up with them . The many members of Naab 's family and the grave Navajos formed an attentive circle around them . The ceremony was brief .