noon
`` Has report been made to the alferez yet ? '' A general shrugging of shoulders was his answer , for no one was going to trouble himself inquiring about the fate of a poor woman . There Sisa spent two hours in a state of semi-idiocy , huddled in a corner with her head hidden in her arms and her hair falling down in disorder . At noon the alferez was informed , and the first thing that he did was to discredit the curate 's accusation . `` Bah ! Tricks of that rascally friar , '' he commented , as he ordered that the woman be released and that no one should pay any attention to the matter . `` If he wants to get back what he 's lost , let him ask St. Anthony or complain to the nuncio .