about nine
o'clock
Beside a little rivulet they found the girl 's horses grazing . They had come this far on their way home , and with the cause of their fear no longer present had stopped to feed . With little trouble Tarzan and the girl caught them , and , mounting , rode out into the desert toward the DOUAR of Sheik Kadour ben Saden . No sign of pursuit developed , and they came in safety about nine o'clock to their destination . The sheik had but just returned . He was frantic with grief at the absence of his daughter , whom he thought had been again abducted by the marauders . With fifty men he was already mounted to go in search of her when the two rode into the DOUAR .