noon
A door of his and window of mine stood wide open on the one balcony , from which a flight of narrow steps led down into the side garden . Thus , for some time after I was in bed I heard him stirring ; but by and by , with no sound to betoken it except the shutting of this door , it was plain he had lain down . I awoke with a sense of having been some hours asleep , and in fact the full moon , shining gloriously , had passed the meridian . The balcony was lighted up by it like noon , and on it stood the entomologist , entirely dressed . The door was shut behind him . He was looking in at my window , but he did not know the room was mine , and with eyes twice as good as he had he could not have seen through my mosquito-bar . I wondered , but lay still till he had started softly down the steps .