eight o'clock
He and his wife and child rode on one of the animals , Edgar with Yussuf behind him on the other . At noon they turned off from the southern course they had before been pursuing . They continued their journey until long after sunset , and then halted for a few hours to rest the camels . The moon rose at eight o'clock , and as soon as it was up they started again , travelling now in a north-easterly direction in order to throw their pursuers off their track . At daybreak they halted again , this time in a grove . A fire was lit and Yussuf cooked some meal cakes , and a bountiful feed of grain was given to each animal . As speed was less an object than secrecy no move was made until nightfall , in order that they might pass through the villages unobserved .