noon
Only a good traveller could survive them at all ; to execute them in such brief space seemed something superhuman . So it befell that the son of Jahdai was at first but little concerned . The months -- three , four , five -- rolled away , and the sixth was close at hand ; then every day brought him an increase of interest . In fact , he found himself looking for the arrival each morning , and at noon promising it an event of the evening . November was the sixth and last month of the time fixed . The first of that month passed without the stranger . Uel became anxious .