noon
She pouted her lip , and I saw that she was thinking , `` What 's the matter with him ? '' What was the matter ? My poor little golden-locks , when you are grown a fair woman I trust you may know as little of it as you do to-day . I went up the Rue Soufliot , and entered the stuffy courtyard on the stroke of noon . The morning lectures were over . Beneath the arcades a few scattered students were walking up and down . I avoided them for fear of meeting a friend and having to talk .