midday
The ball passed in behind the shoulder and right through his heart . He fell over on to his side , gave one more awful squeal -- a dozen pigs could not have made such a noise -- and promptly died , keeping his wicked eyes wide open all the time . `` As for me , I blew my nose , and going up to the rhinoceros sat on his head , and reflected that I had done a capital morning 's shooting . '' `` After this , as it was now midday , and I had killed enough meat , we marched back triumphantly to camp , where I proceeded to concoct a stew of buffalo beef and compressed vegetables . When this was ready we ate the stew , and then I took a nap . About four o'clock , however , Gobo woke me up , and told me that the head man of one of Wambe 's kraals had arrived to see me . I ordered him to be brought up , and presently he came , a little , wizened , talkative old man , with a waistcloth round his middle , and a greasy , frayed kaross made of the skins of rock rabbits over his shoulders .