noon
He was forgetting his friend , his enemy ; he was forgetting everything . The heat increased . The puffs of wind died down . Towards noon the Reis tied up , that the sweating crew might rest . A table was laid on deck , and Isaacson lunched under an awning . When he had finished and the Egyptian waiter had cleared away , Hassan came to stand beside his master and entertain him with conversation . `` Are there many orange plantations on the Nile ? ''