midday
You look as if you 'd been playing on the Elysian plain , or had been re-born ! '' Meg pulled-her brother 's face down to the level of her own and whispered , `` Heavenly , Freddy , heavenly ! '' `` Does my master feel refreshed ? '' It was Abdul who spoke , as he wakened Michael after his midday siesta on the day which had brought them within sight of the Promised Land . It had been a morning of intense heat ; the desert held not one breath of air . The spell of Egypt , which is its light , had vanished ; the vast emptiness was as colourless as Scotland in an east wind . Piled up on his camel , Michael had ridden under a raised shelter , such as is used by caravan travellers on long journeys .