midday
Then they followed the cow-path through more woods and thickets and scattered glades , and dropped down the hillside to where the farm-house , poised on the lip of the big canon , came into view only when they were right upon it . Dede stood on the wide porch that ran the length of the house while Daylight tied the horses . To Dede it was very quiet . It was the dry , warm , breathless calm of California midday . All the world seemed dozing . From somewhere pigeons were cooing lazily . With a deep sigh of satisfaction , Wolf , who had drunk his fill at all the streams along the way , dropped down in the cool shadow of the porch .