about noon
Lisle asked him . `` Has n't he got back ? '' replied the other , glancing about . `` I lost him on the far slope of the bluff about noon , but as he could see the river most anywhere from the top I went right on . There was a deer trail I was trying to follow . '' Lisle said nothing more to the packer but walked rapidly toward where the cook was getting supper ready . Nasmyth followed him .