midday
Deep in his resolutions of repentance he stayed there until he fell asleep shortly before dawn . * * * * * The day following the quarrel , Iakov went off with a party to fish thirty miles out at sea . He returned alone five days later for provisions . It was midday when he arrived , and everyone was resting after dinner . It was unbearably hot . The sand burned his feet and the shells and fish bones pricked them . As Iakov carefully picked his way along the beach he regretted he had no boots on .