noon
And then they both played with the boy , who romped about on the carpet in his first pair of trousers , which he still found rather uncomfortable . Paul Schlieben could not remember ever having spent such a pleasant birthday as this one . There was so much brightness around him , so much merriment . And even if Wolf had torn his first pair of trousers by noon -- how and where it had been done was quite incomprehensible to the dismayed nurse -- that did not disturb the birthday ; on the contrary , the laughter became all the gayer . `` Tear your trousers , my boy , tear away , '' whispered his mother , smiling to herself as the damage was pointed out to her , `` just you be happy and strong . '' There was a party in the evening . The windows of the pretty villa were lighted up and the garden as well .