noon
I walked about ten paces behind , looking very solemn , but expected momentarily to have to break out into loud laughter . There was scarcely a street in which one or the other of the attractive houses did not bear the sign _ camere ammobiliate _ . Wanda always sent me upstairs , and only when the apartment seemed to answer her requirements did she herself ascend . By noon I was as tired as a stag-hound after the hunt . We entered a new house and left it again without having found a suitable habitation . Wanda was already somewhat out of humor . Suddenly she said to me : `` Severin , the seriousness with which you play your part is charming , and the restrictions , which we have placed upon each other are really annoying me .