noon
This speech , which I should have ventured in no other presence , would hardly have established my lunacy more decisively in Martial eyes than in those of Terrestrial common sense . It conveyed , however , a real if not sufficient consolation to Eveena ; the idea it implied being not wholly unfamiliar to a daughter of the Star . I was surprised that , almost shrinking from my last embrace , Eveena suddenly dropped her veil around her ; till , turning , I saw that Ergimo was standing at the top of the ladder leading to the deck , and just in sight . `` I will send word , '' he said , addressing himself to me , but speaking for her ears , `` of your safety at noon and at night . So far as my utmost efforts can ensure it you will be safe ; an obligation higher , and enforced by sanctions graver , than even the Camptâ 's command forbids me to lead a _ brother _ into peril , and fail to bring him out of it . '' The significant word was spoken in so low a tone that it could not possibly reach the ears of our companions of the chase , who had mustered on shore within a few feet of the vessel . But Eveena evidently caught both the sound and the meaning , and I was glad that they should convey to her a confidence which seemed to myself no better founded than her alarms .