nine o'clock
`` We should camp there to-morrow . '' `` Must I continually remind you , '' said Abdullah , `` that to-morrow may never dawn ? We camp at El Zarb to-night . '' At nine o'clock they marched under the palms of El Zarb . Abdullah held up his hands ; Ali ran to the head of the dun leader ; the caravan halted , groaned , and knelt . The first day 's journey was over . The moment that the halt was accomplished , Abdullah went about , loosing the surcingles of his camels .