About noon
`` I 'll just begin to like it when it 's all over , and these beggars are in the yard . '' The mounted men rode slowly to and fro around the cattle for an hour or two . Some of them got over their fright sufficiently to lie down , others stood about in groups and nosed one another and murmured quietly . About noon the drover whistled to his boys , and a move was made towards the yards . This time they were not rushed forward in a mob . A few of the quietest were cut off and driven in first . They went through the gates without any trouble .