midday
Into her face a vacancy had come ; she seemed incapable of reply ; and as the guardsman scrutinized her it occurred to him that she might be on the point of having an attack of that catalepsy to which he knew her to be subject . But immediately she reassured him . `` Come , let us go . '' And , the guardsman at her side , the others in her train , she ascended the little hill on which her castle was , and where the midday meal awaited . It was a charming residence . Built quadrangularwise , the court held a fountain which was serviceable to those that wished to bathe . The roof was a garden .