noon
This is another friend of the people . His villanies , I fancy , are near upon detection , and he would fly to join Catiline , but I will thwart him . '' In the meantime , quitting his own house in great trepidation , the conspirator walked very rapidly through the streets , until he reached the house of Lentulus , which was not far distant from the forum . He was admitted instantly , and without question , for all the slaves knew him , as the intimate friend of their master ; but at the bed room door , he was stopped by the favorite freedman of Lentulus , who urged that his lord had not retired till morning , and had desired that he should not be disturbed earlier than noon . Cæparius , on the other hand insisted , raising his voice so loudly that the sleeper was awakened , and recognizing the accent of his friend , cried out peevishly -- `` Oh ! let him in , Agathon ; let him in quickly , or he will talk thee deaf , and me frantic ! What in the name of Proserpine and Pluto !