noon
So Louis went for long walks . He tried to inure himself to fatigue , climbed the tallest trees with incredible quickness , learned to swim , watched through the night . He was not like the same boy ; he was a young man already , with a sunburned face , and a something in his expression that told of deep purpose . When October came , Mme. Willemsens could only rise at noon . The sunshine , reflected by the surface of the Loire , and stored up by the rocks , raised the temperature of the air till it was almost as warm and soft as the atmosphere of the Bay of Naples , for which reason the faculty recommend the place of abode . At mid-day she came out to sit under the shade of green leaves with the two boys , who never wandered from her now . Lessons had come to an end .