noon
There was little sleep in the camp that night , and with the first light of day the three were at work again . Immediately after breakfast the task of tearing up the old and decayed floor began . One by one the split saplings were pried up and carried out for firewood , until the earth floor lay bare . Every foot of it was now eagerly turned over with a shovel which had been brought in the equipment ; the base-logs were undermined , and filled in again ; the moss that had been packed in the chinks between the cabin timbers was dug out , and by noon there was not a square inch of the interior of the camp that had not been searched . There was no more gold . In a way this fact brought relief with it . Both Wabi and Rod gradually recovered from their nervous excitement .