noon before
We will sleep , and later in the day we will go together down to the Nile . '' Trench lay down beside Feversham and in a moment was asleep . Feversham watched him , and saw , now that his features were relaxed , the marks of those three years very plainly in his face . It was towards noon before he awoke . `` There is no one to bring you food ? '' he asked , and Feversham answered : -- `` Yes . A boy should come .