noon
I was able to work my way through the latter , although it was choked with heavy timbers . Inside I could hear the wash of the river , and through its shattered window on the farther wall I could see between the heaped logs a glow of sunlit water . I handed our axe through a break in the wall , and then D'ri cut away some of the baseboards and joined me . We had our meal cooking in a few minutes -- our dinner , really , for D'ri said it was near noon . Having eaten , we crawled out of the window , and then D'ri began to pry the logs apart . `` Ai n't much ` fraid o ' their tumblin ' on us , '' said he . `` They 're withed so they 'll stick together . ''