noon
`` This is my fourth horse of the day , Sire . '' Daoud climbed down and bent his knee to press Manfred 's mail-gloved hand against his forehead . `` I had heard you were killed . '' `` That new French army that came at noon overran us . '' No need to tell Manfred , if he did not know , how close they had come to winning . `` Sire , we have enough horses and men to break out of here . '' Manfred shook his head .