noon
The time was ripe for a Mohawk attack upon the French . '' `` Aye , lad , but one had to see a chance and use it . Now , join all those fellows in sleep . We wo n't move before noon . '' But Robert 's brain was too active for sleep just yet . While his imaginative power made him see things before other people saw them , he also continued to see them after they were gone . The wilderness battle passed once more before him , and when he brushed his eyes to thrust it away , he looked at the sleeping Mohawks and thought what splendid savages they were .