five o'clock in the
morning
In any case she could not strike direct for home . She must keep on this side of the hill , make a wide circuit , and come in from the west . Already her leg was paining her a good deal . Since five o'clock in the morning she had eaten nothing . Her throat was parched with thirst . But these were details that must be forgotten . She had to tramp more than twenty miles through the desert regardless of her physical condition .