noon
The morning meal was soon prepared and hastily eaten , and they set forward . Leland found that his wound was much better , and he traveled without difficulty . The savages took a southerly direction , and appeared to be journeying toward the destination of those who held Rosalind . Their march continued without interruption until noon , when they halted for a couple of hours for rest and food . For the first time , George partook of some , and felt in a more hopeful frame of mind . Zeb was as usual , and continued quarreling and abusing and threatening every one within his reach . `` If dis is n't shameful , treating a pusson like me in dis way .