noon
`` I have sworn to breakfast where Pango Dooni bides , and there only will I rest and eat , '' answered the lad . `` The son of Pango Dooni knows the lion 's cub from the tame dog 's whelp . You shall keep your word . Though the sun ride fast towards noon , faster shall we ride in the Neck of Baroob , '' said the hillsman . It was half-way towards noon when the hoof-beats drummed over the Brown Hermit 's cave , and they rested not there ; but it was noon and no more when they rode through Pango Dooni 's gates and into the square where he stood . The tall hillsman dropped to the ground , and Cumner 's Son made to do the same . Yet he staggered , and would have fallen , but the hillsman ran an arm around his shoulder .