sun of noon
said I ; and I pointed out to him the twenty-four heads of my sermon , asking him in which of these his doubts lay . ` We had been walking up and down before the inn while our conversation took place , but the windows being open , and my comrades having heard the discourse in the morning , requested me , rather peevishly , not to resume it at that period . I , therefore , moved on with my disciple , and , at his request , began at once the sermon ; for my memory is good for anything , and I can repeat any book I have read thrice . ` I poured out , then , under the trees , and in the calm moonlight , that discourse which I had pronounced under the blazing sun of noon . My Israelite only interrupted me by exclamations indicative of surprise , assent , admiration , and increasing conviction . `` Prodigious ! '' said he ; -- `` Wunderschon ! ''