noon
Then the maid wrapped herself in a robe , and went out to the camp . Like a fantom she appeared to Venner , and as swiftly vanished ; but in the moment that she bent over him she whispered in his ear that Tomlin was the chosen of Dolores ; that he and Pearse were doomed at the hands of their friend . `` I tell thee , watch , '' she said . `` By noon to-morrow the truth shall be shown to thee . '' And in leaving him she placed in his hands the rapier that had been taken from him by Dolores . To Tomlin next she appeared , and his rapier also she returned ; but in his ear was breathed the name of John Pearse . To find Pearse himself was harder ; but she waited , and shortly before the dawn he emerged from the forest and walked dully toward his own charred cell .