noon
I think that the Dark Master will gather what men are left him and strike down for Galway . '' `` Two men may ride the same road , '' quoth Brian grimly , and set his naked blade in his belt . He saw that before him lay some fighting and much hard riding , so inside the next hour he had his men full-fed . Before this was finished the spare horses and those of his men came in , for Turlough had ordered them to start at noon and ride around in case of need . Brian determined to spare neither men nor horseflesh on that riding , and when his men were mounted he set out across the night to meet his hundred , and to hear what had been done at the camp two miles distant . As the moon was rising he met them ; and if he was glad at the meeting , they were twice glad . They had found the camp and had lain off it until after dark as Turlough had bidden them , the more so since there were two-score over a hundred men there .