About midday
She looked at him in surprise . Her pretty face was bright and smiling , with its fluffy golden hair and the clear , childish eyes of one who bestirred herself among her multifarious duties , in the midst of all those horrors , which she did not well understand . `` No , I know nothing . About midday I sent up a letter for Marshal MacMahon , but it could not be given him right away , because the Emperor was in the room . They were together nearly an hour , the Marshal lying on his bed , the Emperor close beside him seated on a chair . That much I know for certain , because I saw them when the door was opened . '' `` And then , what did they say to each other ? ''