noon
`` Hush , Philippe ! '' said the other , `` the weapon is not in their armory to make a Vendean tremble -- But , hark ! there is the drum for the inspection . You must present yourself each day at noon , at the low postern yonder , and write your name ; and mark me , before we part , it can not serve us , it may ruin you , if we are seen to speak together . Trust no one here ' Those whom you see yonder are half of them _ moutons _ . '' `` How ? '' said I , not understanding the phrase .