noon
He went to the opera , and they seemed to smile at him from the stage ; he walked home in the starlight -- they were smiling at him from the stars ; he tried to sleep -- they haunted him ; none had followed him as those eyes did . `` I think my heart and brain are on fire , '' he said to himself . `` I will go and look once again at the fair young face ; perhaps if she smiles at me or speaks to me I shall be cured . '' He went ; it was noon when he reached the Duke of Hazlewood 's mansion . He inquired for the duchess , and was told she had gone to Hampton Court . He repeated the words in surprise . `` Hampton Court ! ''