noon
cried Liuthari , `` look ! -- on the topmost slab of the barricade there is something written ; perhaps the name of the house . I think I can yet see to read it . '' `` I could not read it , '' laughed the other , `` even if the sun stood high at noon . What do the Runes say ? '' And Liuthari read -- slowly , laboriously , deciphering letter by letter : `` Hic -- habitat -- felicitas -- nihil -- mali intret . '' Struck with surprise , motionless , the young man was silent for a while .