noon
We were nineteen persons in all : and each of us carried two muskets , a pistol and some pounds of ammunition , besides his share of the provisions . The only ones more lightly laden were Margit and Captain Wills . The latter , indeed , could with pain manage to walk at all , and so clogged the pace of the party that we made but eight miles before night-fall , when we halted in an open space , set watches , and passed the night with no more discomfort than came from the severe cold . In the morning we started early and made a good ten miles before noon . The Captain now seemed at the end of his powers and we allowed him an hour 's rest while we cleaned our firearms . Margit gave no sign of fatigue : but I observed that she walked alone and in silence . Indeed she had scarcely spoken since our shipwreck .