nearly noon
`` Doubt not my words , '' said Atli . `` His fate is too closely linked with thine . '' He showed the Viking to a pallet bed in the loft , where , worn out with fatigue and anxiety , he quickly fell asleep . It was nearly noon when he awoke , and the sun was streaming through the attic window . He found Atli in the room below . `` I have turned sluggard , it seems , '' he said . `` Young heads need sleep , '' replied the old man .