noon
Something wonderful was happening to Max . But she had no idea of that . She would never know , he thought . All day they journeyed on , save for a short halt at noon , and Max was happy . He tried to recall and quote to himself a verse of Tennyson 's `` Maud '' -- `` Let come what come may ; What matter if I go mad , I shall have had my day ! '' He was having his day -- just that one day more , because on the next they would come to Touggourt , and if Stanton were there he would spoil everything . At night they went on till late , as before ; but the camel-men said that the animals must have a longer rest .