noon
They tried to sleep , but this was almost impossible , and the most each got were fitful naps , with many dreams of the lion . All thoughts of other game were , for the time being , banished from their minds . At daybreak they descended to the ground and started for camp without waiting to shoot something for breakfast . They calculated they could get back before noon , and then they would eat a big dinner at their leisure . All thought they had the `` lay of the land '' well fixed in their minds , and so they did not advance with the caution they might otherwise have taken . As a consequence , they presently made a false turn , and this brought them to a part of the mountains that was exceedingly rocky and rough . `` Say , we ca n't get through here , '' declared Whopper at last .