noon
exclaimed Charley . Roger nodded . They reloaded Peter who was well gorged on spring water and the uncertain looking herbage that grew about its brim . The trail back was nearly all downward and they had covered it by noon . Roger told Charley of his strange awakening dream of which he made light , but when they sighted the little monument in the distance , they both hurried toward it . It was there that they found Felicia . On the west side of the monument the prospector had begun a hole and left it .