noon
I can recall some sensations felt in that interval ; but few thoughts framed , and no actions performed . I knew I was in a small room and in a narrow bed . To that bed I seemed to have grown ; I lay on it motionless as a stone ; and to have torn me from it would have been almost to kill me . I took no note of the lapse of time -- of the change from morning to noon , from noon to evening . I observed when any one entered or left the apartment : I could even tell who they were ; I could understand what was said when the speaker stood near to me ; but I could not answer ; to open my lips or move my limbs was equally impossible . Hannah , the servant , was my most frequent visitor . Her coming disturbed me .