noon
The excitement had been a flash . Now it seemed entirely dead , and dead without a clew . When Time goes afoot his feet are of lead ; and in this instance his walk was over the Prince 's heart . By noon he was dreadfully wrought up . `` Let them look to it , let them look to it ! '' he kept repeating , sometimes shaking a clinched hand . Occasionally the idea to which he thus darkly referred had power to bring him to a halt .