noon
`` Do you think that they are out of the sand ? '' asked Jack . `` Very near , '' Firio answered . `` Their ponies had a whole night 's rest -- we must not forget that , '' said Jack ; `` and they must be in a hurry , for certainly Nogales had sense enough to rest over noon . '' '' _ Quien sabe _ ! '' answered Firio . `` But we catch them -- _ sí , sí _ ! ''