noon
It was just a point that made the hours more breathless now , like the sentence of quick low tones last night , when the voices of her people were heard at the edge of the jungle . Were these everything or nothing -- glamour or life-lock ? Often he remembered that her eyes had sought his to-day , even before looking to the priests for news . He stood at the edge of the jungle at high noon . The city was filmed in heat . Faint sounds seemed to come out of the sky . Skag was watching one certain road .