noon
The drivers received an order of release from their commanding officer , and streamed into the doomed town and on to the yard of the hospital . In two hours they had emptied it of its misery . At Oudekappele Hilda found a room in the little inn , and made the old people comfortable . At noon , Dr. van der Helde joined her there , and they had luncheon together out of the ample stores under the seat of the ambulance . Up to this day , Doctor van der Helde had always been reserved . But the brisk affair had unlocked something in his hushed preserves . `` It is a sight for tired eyes , '' said the gallant doctor , `` to see such hair in these parts .