noon
`` She has a headache , and probably wo n't be up to-day , '' was the curt answer , with which the door was closed in his face . This was a disappointment , and he felt very unhappy and forsaken . Yet he endeavoured to combat these feelings and mingled with the other guests . At noon he exchanged a hurried greeting with Frau Von Jagerfeld , who looked at him intently , but said nothing when he avoided her glance . In the afternoon he walked to Marktbreit and through the villages on the neighbouring hills , but the longing of his heart soon drove him back to the castle , where for hours he paced patiently up and down the pillared hall upon which most of the rooms occupied by the visitors opened . In the evening the guests again assembled at a banquet . Bergmann hoped that Ada would be present , and he was not disappointed .