noon
`` What I know about them ! They are besieging me in my own house . Is n't that pretty rough ? I went out at noon to see the boat race on the Amstel ; but there was nothing to see , because there was no wind . And such a crowd ! All the kings were there , and the visiting princes and princesses , you know ; and everybody stared at the carriages , and I did too . Not that I care anything about a king .