About noon
If he went now , he went to her from the jaws of death , with the glamour of adventure and peril about him ; and the very going into her presence was a lure . Moreover , if he had been willing while his betrothed was still his , why not now when he had lost her ? It was this last reflection -- and one other thing which came on a sudden into his mind -- which turned the scale . About noon he sat up in the hay , and , abruptly and sullenly , `` I 'll lie here no longer , '' he said ; and he dropped his legs over the side . `` I shall go . '' The movement was so unexpected that La Tribe stared at him in silence . Then , `` You will run a great risk , M. de Tignonville , '' he said gravely , `` if you do .