noon
We landed , replaced the oars in the boat , and pushed her off into the stream , to induce people to suppose that she had broken adrift , and then hastened into the thickest of the wood . It rained hard ; I shivered , and my teeth chattered with the cold , but there was no help for it . We again took a dram of spirits , and , worn out with fatigue and excitement , soon fell last asleep upon a bed of leaves which we had collected together . It was not until noon that I awoke , when I found that O'Brien had covered me more than a foot deep with leaves , to protect me from the weather . I felt quite warm and comfortable ; my clothes had dried on me , but without giving me cold . `` How very kind of you , O'Brien ! '' said I. `` Not a bit , Peter : you have hard work to go through yet , and I must take care of you .