noon
The heat has driven them to their villas , or up into the mountains . In the daytime there are few people in the streets except tourists , mostly Englishmen in pith-helmets , puggarees , red Baedekers , with their everlasting `` Very interesting ! '' on their lips . At noon our Babuino is so deserted that the footstep of a solitary passer-by re-echoes on the pavement . But in the evening the street swarms with people . At that time I feel usually very depressed , nervous , and restless . I go out , and walk about until I am tired ; and that gives me relief .