noon
`` Do you think it would be unsafe to push on again now we have had rest and food ? '' `` By this time the sentinels know what happened last night , and the forest is full of enemies . A poisoned arrow can be sent in the daytime , while he who shoots it remains concealed . Before noon we would all be dead . '' Cummings was silent for a moment , and then he asked in a low tone : `` How far do you think we are from the sea-shore ? '' `` The distance is not great ; but the way so difficult that the journey could not be ended in less than five days . '' `` Then it seems that we are in a tight place whatever course is pursued . ''