noon
When the charge spent its force , the reins had dropped from his hands , but he was sitting erect -- stone dead . It 's a coincidence , but General Markham was killed on the same day . '' Prescott said nothing , but Thomas Talbot , who never remained long in the depths , soon began to show signs of returning cheerfulness . They stopped for a noon rest in a clearing , and after they ate their scanty dinner Talbot leaped upon a stump . `` Oyez ! Oyez ! '' he cried .