noon
Rodriguez awoke Morano , who lit his fire : and soon they had struck their camp and were riding on . By noon they saw that if they hurried on they could come to Lowlight by nightfall . But this was not Rodriguez ' plan , for he had planned to ride into Lowlight , as he had done once before , at the hour when Serafina sat in her balcony in the cool of the evening , as Spanish ladies in those days sometimes did . So they tarried long by their resting-place at noon and then rode slowly on . And when they camped that night they were still in the forest . `` Morano , '' said Rodriguez over the camp-fire , `` tomorrow brings me to Lowlight . '' `` Aye , master , '' said Morano , `` we shall be there tomorrow . ''