midday
`` That is certainly the best plan , '' Amuba agreed . `` There are too many who know Chebron by sight for it to be safe for him to go down to the boat here and embark in broad daylight . I will take two hours ' sleep before I start ; for as I did not sleep last night , and have walked forty miles since I left the chariot , I feel in need of a little repose before I start again . I was foolish not to have slept this afternoon , for I have since midday been hiding near ; but there was so much to think about that I had no inclination to do so , especially as I believed that we would have a night 's rest here . '' `` I will wake you , '' Chebron said . `` I have been asleep the better part of the day , having had nothing to do since we arrived here yesterday evening . '' Chebron sat watching the stars until he saw that they had made two hours ' journey through the sky .