About midday
When it was ready Leonard ate of it , and after he had finished eating , together they bore the body to the little cave for shelter . It was Leonard 's purpose to bury his brother at sundown ; he might not delay longer , but till then he would watch by him , keeping the last of many vigils . So all that remained of the Basuto Cheat having been dragged forth and thrust unceremoniously into an ant-bear hole by Otter , who while he disposed of the body did not spare to taunt the spirit of his late treacherous foe , the corpse of Thomas Outram was laid in its place , and Leonard sat himself by its side in the gloom of the cave . About midday Otter , who had been sleeping off his sorrows , physical and mental , came into the cavern . They were short of meat , he said , and with the leave of the Baas he would take the gun of the dead Baas and try to shoot a buck . Leonard bade him go , but to be back by sundown , as he should require his help . `` Where shall we dig a hole , Baas ? ''